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XSANE suddenly fails to work in Ubuntu 12.04

Asked by Julianloui

After I first installed XSANE a few weeks ago, I was amazed by how easy it was to use this handy program. Tonight all of a sudden, things changed. Not even re-installing SANE and XSANE helps. Having a poor memory definitely aggrvates my problem. I no longer remember in what order to click SCAN and Acquire Preview. When I click Scan or Acquire Preview, the scanner scans the document properly but I no longer see anything in the saved output file. The documentation seems sketchy. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Julianloui

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does simple scan do the same thing?

Thanks

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#2

Yes. When I hit Scan, XSANE operates the HPF4200 scanner. But out.pnm shows nothing, after I click Save. Thanks again.

Julianloui

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#3

Andrew,

What is the difference between simple Scan and Acquire Preview?

Julianloui

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

simple scan is another scanning program. install and test

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#6

One thing I would like to point out is that Simple-Scan is much slower than XSANE although its menu is much clearer and simpler than that of XSANE. I'll try to debug XSANE on my own when time is available.

Julianloui