HP5370C (scanner) Installation

[rleners]

I am trying to install my (old) HP5370C scanner but do not succeed.

The scanner is initially listed by scanimage, but the execution of a scan fails. Afterwards the scanner is not listed anymore (see below)

$ scanimage -L
device `avision:libusb:002:002' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5370C flatbed scann er
$ scanimage >image.png
scanimage: sane_start: Error during device I/O
$ 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).

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The /etc/sane.d/avision.conf contains the following;

# This are the possible options. Normally any scanner
# should work just fine without them - and they are only
# needed for test and debugging. So if you experience problems
# and you solve them with enabling options here, please notify
# the SANE/Avision maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene@exactcode.de>

#option disable-gamma-table
#option disable-calibration
#option force-a4

scsi AVISION
scsi FCPA
scsi MINOLTA
scsi MITSBISH MCA-S600C
scsi MITSBISH MCA-SS600
scsi HP
scsi hp

scsi /dev/scanner
# usb libusb:002:003
usb 0x03f0 0x0701

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The following sane related packages are installed:
libsane
libsane-extras
python-imaging-sane
sane
sane-utils

Does anyone have experience with installing this scanner?

[Steve_S.]

Re: HP5370C (scanner) Installation

Hi, rleners,
This article might be of some use to you: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/...WTO/index.html . It' a few years old, but it seems to be the best I've found so far. Readit and see what you think.

Steve