How to scan?

1948chev · #1 25th January 2007, 10:22 PM

Hello, I have Fedora Core 5 and an HP Officejet G55. How do I use the scan feature of the G55 to scan a document to a file in FC5? Thanks, Larry

paul matthijsse · #2 25th January 2007, 11:25 PM

Do you have sane installed? Scanner Access Now Easy...
http://www.sane-project.org/

Brian1 · #3 26th January 2007, 12:27 AM

Have you installed HPLIP. Going to the gui tool that is installed has the scan tool for xsane if sane is installed.
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
HPIJS is the printer driver. The HPLIP package contains the HPIJS driver plus gui tools.

Brian

paul matthijsse · #4 26th January 2007, 09:47 AM

addition to Brian: to install hplip, type in a terminal (as super user)
# yum install hplip

Brian1 · #5 26th January 2007, 10:33 PM

Not a big fan of yum or apt. I just download src.rpm and recompile, download source and install, or build my own rpms with source.

Brian

paul matthijsse · #6 26th January 2007, 11:19 PM

you're welcome, but what's wrong in this case with "yum install hplip"?

Brian1 · #7 26th January 2007, 11:35 PM

Nothing wrong with it. I am just old school linux and like the cli side. Some of the rpms are built on certain libriaries that it searches for based on the maker's rpm database and requires listed of the rpm. I check with the source and see the requirements. Change the rpm to work with my rpm database to match my system. One other reason is the hardware I have, not the standard and requires modification to function correctly.

Brian

1948chev · #8 27th January 2007, 06:08 PM

Thanks for your help. I used # yum install hplip and successfully installed hplip. Now, how do I install sane. I went to http://sane-project.org/ and was confused by all the options to download. Should I dowlooad current frontends & backends to disk and then what? Thanks, Larry

paul matthijsse · #9 27th January 2007, 08:18 PM

try this (again as su -):
# yum install xsane

1948chev · #10 29th January 2007, 08:50 PM

Thanks again. I successfully installed xsane. Also, I went to Applcations, Graphics, Scanner Tool and added the icon to the panel. Now, how do I scan a document on my flatbed G55 to a file. I understand sane is supposed to give me a graphic interface? When I click on the icon all I get is a screen telling me about sane. Thanks, Larry

paul matthijsse · #11 29th January 2007, 09:07 PM

I make scans using Gimp, normally that's installed by default in Fedora. Run Gimp (it's under Apps, Imaging/Graphics) and look in the File menu for the option Acquire or Import. There you can say to acquire something (= scan something). First make a prescan, see if everything is ok; then make the final scan, etc. Feel free to ask if this explanation still leaves you in the dark.

Cheers, Paul.

1948chev · #12 29th January 2007, 10:24 PM

Thanks Paul. In Gimp , File, and Acquire. There were 3 options and I can't see any place where I can type in acquire something or = scan something. So now what? Also, someone else suggested to 'start xsane' but I don't know how to do that. Thanks, Larry

paul matthijsse · #13 29th January 2007, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1948chev

In Gimp , File, and Acquire. There were 3 options and I can't see any place where I can type in acquire something or = scan something.

Which 3 options exactly?

1948chev · #14 29th January 2007, 10:49 PM

Paul, the 3 options under Acquire are (1) Paste as new-Layers, Channels, Paths, (2) ScreenShot-Grab, and (3) XSane device dialog-License Agreement. Thanks, Larry

paul matthijsse · #15 30th January 2007, 10:31 AM

try option 3.
btw, your OfficeJet is on and connected to your computer (via usb?), isn't it?