Sane question
Conny Enström
uncurbed at telia.com
Sat May 10 18:06:53 UTC 2014
2014-05-10 19:55, Linda skrev:
> On 05/10/2014 10:37 AM, Conny Enström wrote:
>> 2014-05-10 15:52, Linda skrev:
>>> I can scan with Xsane but the first attempt to scan when I open it I get
>>> an error message
>>>
>>> Failed to start scanner :invalid argument
>>>
>>> If I close the box and try to scan the program works fine until I close
>>> Xsane and reopen it.
>>>
>>> I tried running scanimage -v --test and this is what I got for output
>>>
>>> scanimage: rounded value of br-x from 297 to 296.973
>>> scanimage: rounded value of br-y from 420 to 419.962
>>> scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried to find information on where the scanner configuration files are
>>> but did not have any luck. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix it or
>>> even where sane is getting the arguments it uses when it starts?
>>>
>>> Linda
>>>
>> What is the name of the scanner? You probably need a firmware file for
>> your scanner model.
>>
>>
> scanimage -L
> device `brother3:bus2;dev2' is a Brother MFC-6490CW USB scanner
>
> Would it work after the initial error message if it was missing the
> firmware file?
>
> Linda
>
A Printer & Scanner as I can see?
Drivers here from Brother:
http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=mfc6490cw_all&os=128
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