cannot install genius colorpage vivid+ scanner on ubuntu 10.04

I cannot get this scanner working on my new Ubuntiu 10.04 Lucid.

I installed sane and xsane on my system then I was trying some advises I found in google but I couldn't get it working... below you will see some further details. Please help me!

I tried the command 'sudo scanimage -L' but the system just sit there and didn't do anything. I must do control C to terminate.

sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$ scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$ ^C
sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$ 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.

  # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup
  # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

  # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
  # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
  # necessary.
sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$

I tried using sudo just in case but didn't work.

sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$ 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.

  # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup
  # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.
sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$

sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux sebastian-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 28 06:07:29 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$

Another this that would help to show you is this:

sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$ cat /etc/sane.d/geniusvp2.conf
# geniusvp2 backend configuration file
########################################

# Parallel port where scanner is attached to
device /dev/parport0

# Default option values
########################################

# Scan mode (currently, only Color mode is supported)
mode Color

# Bit depth (currently, only a bit depth of 8 is supported)
depth 8

# Resolution (75 - 600 dpi)
resolution 300

# Read-limit (true, false)
read-limit false

# Read-limit size (1 - 65536 bytes)
read-limit-size 1

# Read-delay (true, false)
read-delay false

# Read-delay duration (1000 - 200,000 microseconds)
read-delay-duration 1000

# Non-blocking io (true, false)
non-blocking false

# Support select fd (true, false)
select-fd false

# Top-left x position (mm)
tl_x 0.0

# Top-left y position (mm)
tl_y 0.0

# Bottom-right x position (mm)
br_x 80.0

# Bottom-right y position (mm)
br_y 100.0
sebastian@sebastian-desktop:~$

Could you please give me a hand on this?

Thank you!