Genius vivid 3x usb (scanner)

[penguin.ch]

Private message, sent by this guy (at 16.06. 21.11):

I have problem with scanner Genius vivid 3x usb.
It´s similar to one hp 5370c scanner [...]
I please if you can help me.

[claydoh]

Re: Genius vivid 3x usb (scanner)

from sane's scanner search engine it seems to be a gt68xx-based scanner and thus needs the scanner's firmware file, listed on the gt68xx site as being called ccd548.fw. this file can be found on the device's windows install disc, and probably somewhere in the windows directory. The file needs to be copied to /usr/share/sane/gt68xx. This directory may need to be created, but is there on my system.

I used to have a gt68xx-based scanner (Mustek Bearpaw) for a few years until it died. it was a super cheap model, but it did nice enough scans in Linux once the sane backend was developed.

[alvaro8]

Re: Genius vivid 3x usb (scanner)

File ccd548.fw helped and my scanner works again. Thank you very much

[daxumaming]

Re: Genius vivid 3x usb (scanner)

Here's a help page, but this is for 4x types, but the process is the same.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ge...lorpageVivid4X

And you can get the firmware here:
http://www.orbitfiles.com/download/id1483363861