Canon FB636U scanner not working

[Lorin Pino]

Tony Arnold wrote:

>I'm rather curious as to why I've not had a response to this query. Am I
>just expecting too much?
>
>I realise that a response is never guaranteed on a mailing list, but
>even someone telling me I'm a complete idiot for daring to ask the
>question would be something.
>
>Or maybe I didn't ask the question in the right way. If so someone
>please tell me what I need to do to pose better questions.
>
>I only ask because it's not the first time I've asked a question and go
>no response.
>
>Regards,
>Tony (puzzled).
>
>On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 15:30 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
>  
>
>>I have a Canon FB636U scanner connect to a USB port on my Dapper system
>>and I cannot get it to work.
>>
>>lsusb shows it there:
>>
>>Bus 002 Device 008: ID 04a9:2204 Canon, Inc. CanoScan FB630U
>>
>>Immediately after plugging it in, sane-find-scanner returns:
>>
>>found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x2204) at libusb:002:008
>>
>>and scanimage -L shows:
>>
>>device `canon630u:libusb:002:009' is a CANON Canoscan FB630U flatbed
>>scanner
>>
>>But then attempting to run scanimage gives:
>>
>>scanimage: sane_start: Device busy
>>
>>Then scanimage -L tells me there are no scan devices and I have to
>>unplug the device and plug it back in.
>>
>>Anybody had experience with this scanner and got it to work, and if so
>>any tips? Or is my hardware broken?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Tony.
>>-- 
>>Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
>>IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
>>T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
>>E: tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk, H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold
>>
>>
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>>
I have a similar problem with an epson 1250.  I don't use it very often, 
so I haven't focused on that problem, yet.  I was able to scan one 
image, and then the device showes up busy.  Hopefully, someone else will 
respond with an answer.
~Lorin