Scanner software has no driver for HP scanjet G4950

Asked by billhatch40

I have an HP ScanJet G4050 attached to via USB. None of the Linux scanner software recognizes it. I checked the HP web site. No Linux driver so I downloaded the windows driver. When executing the windows driver under wine, I get an error message that it can not find the USB driver. When the scanner is plugged in and turned on, it does not show up as /dev/ttyUSBx (x=0 or 1). If it did show up as a tty, I could link to com1 . The output of lsusb is:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0bda:0182 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 041e:401d Creative Technology, Ltd Webcam NX Ultra
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c50e Logitech, Inc. MX-1000 Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 13fd:1840 Initio Corporation
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:3404 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 6122
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:4605 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet G4050
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

The windows driver is of zero value to you. Ubuntu is not Windows, it is a distribution of Linux.

The scanner is identified as:
03f0:4605 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet G4050

This may help:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1569595

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billhatch40 (billhatch40) said :
#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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billhatch40 (billhatch40) said :
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This solved my problem. At this point I am unable to execute sane/xsane except as root. I suspect that this is a matter of the read-write permissions somewhere in /dev. Thanks for the help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

What is the output of:

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Thanks