Public bug reported: The scanner only does the first operation after I plug it in. E.g. preview a page, or scan it. On the second operation, the mechanical part does not move anymore (there is no noise whatsoever from the scanner), and the scan output is pitch black.
The workaround I have found is to run scanimage -L between each operation. I.e.: - Start Xsane - Preview - run scanimage -L - Scan - run scanimage -L - Preview - run scanimage -L - Scan ... I am using SANE git from Rolf's PPA, since I was before affected by bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1250196 since I got a new computer. Output of sudo sane-find-scanner: # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x220e [CanoScan], chip=LM9832/3) at libusb:001:011 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. Output of scanimage -L: device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Integrated_Webcam_HD virtual device device `plustek:libusb:001:011' is a Canon CanoScan N1240U/LiDE30 flatbed scanner device `hpaio:/net/Officejet_6800?ip=192.168.1.251' is a Hewlett-Packard Officejet_6800 all-in-one ** Affects: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532292 Title: Mechanical part stops moving after each operation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1532292/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
