Re: [libreoffice-users] Scan documents?

I had great difficulty finding workable driver for my Epson 
print/scan/copy/fax device, since Epson did not support Linux [Ubuntu].  
It took a OS update before I could get the scanning to work properly.  
The key here is where did you get the driver for the scanner and how 
well can other packages use it?  Yes, you do seem to have an issue that 
seems to associate the Epson scanner with the video device in the config 
files.

Here is a question and possible fix.
Unplug the video device and keep the scanner plugged in and on. rename 
the LO config folder and reopen LO to recreate it.  See if the video 
device is still listed.  If so, then there may be something "outside" of 
the LO "system" that maybe causing the issue.  Is the Video device and 
the scanner both Epson tech?  If so, then that might cause some 
confusion somewhere.

To be honest, I deal with Win7 and various Ubuntu types of Linux - i,e, 
Ubuntu 13.xx / 14.xx, and Linux Mint.  So I do not know the internals of 
Slackware or any RPM based Linux.

As I stated, I had a lot of trouble with an Epson Artisan 810 
Print/Scan/Copy/Fax device.  I could not get even half of its options to 
work properly with Ubuntu based OSs.

On 07/23/2014 04:24 PM, Girvin Herr wrote:
> I just tried this for the first time on my Slackware Linux system and 
> it does seem to be broken.  (LO 3.6.7.2)  I used Insert -> Picture -> 
> Scan -> select source to verify it was using my Epson USB flatbed 
> scanner.  The problem with my version is that it defaults to the 
> existing, but unconnected video device (v4l:/dev/video0).  When I 
> select my scanner in the "Device used" option, it shows the 
> "epson2:libusb:00", which I assume is correct. However, it still will 
> not scan and the "About Device" button results in the info for the 
> video device even though I changed the device.  It will not run the 
> scanner and results in a garbage block (probably the unconnected video 
> card).  LO does not seem to support USB scanners.
>
> I would do a separate scan with Xsane and save it in whatever format 
> you want.  I usually use jpeg, but others could work also. Just do 
> _not_ use encapsulated Postscript.  Then insert that file into your 
> document.  I have had good success with that process.
> HTH.
> Girvin Herr
>
>
> On 07/23/2014 11:30 AM, Thomas Taylor wrote:
> > Is it possible to scan an older printed document directly into LO?
> >
> > I have an old 2 page document that I want to reproduce and modify 
> > with LO but
> > don't find any entries in the menus for scanning directly into LO.  
> > This is in
> > a Linux system and would probably use xine for the scanning.
> >
> > I suppose I could scan into a pdf and bring that into LO but would 
> > prefer to
> > work on an *.odt format.
> >
> > Thanks, Tom  list moderator


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