[Gimp-user] Scan

[rich <forums gimpusers com>]

> Hi

> How do I get Gimp 2.6.11 to work w/my SCSI scanner? I am
> presently running Xubuntu 11.10 Live CD. CentOS 5 s
> installed on my HDD. It's version of Gimp runs my SCSI
> scanner.

> Do I need to download XSANE?

FWIW: I do not think you will get it working from a live CD.

First stop is to check the sane database

http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=&model=&bus=scsi&v=&p=

If your scanner is supported then you will need to install xsane from your distribution repo.

Next step, Gimp needs a  xsane-gimp plugin.  Seems to be one for CentOS, bound to be one for Ubuntu.

 http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/8078537/com/xsane-gimp-0.991-5.el5.i386.rpm.html

All being well, there is a menu entry in Gimp: 'File' -> 'Create' -> 'Xsane' which calls xsane for scanning 
and passes the result back to Gimp.


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