[ubuntu-uk] Loss of scanner .....

[Barry Drake]

On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 13:32 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> Some scanners will work fine straight out of the box, some will maybe 
> need a firmware file and others may need drivers.  Just one of those things.

Out of interest, I dug out an old scanner to see what happens.  This one
was recognised, but as you say, I had to download a device script to get
it to work.  The Brother, OTOH did not get recognised at all.  it just
doesn't present to the OS as a scanner.  Maybe because it's a combi?

Barry.

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