plustek: Thread: hp 2200c scanner

I just purchased a HP 2200c scanner and plugged it into my Debian Linux
2.4.18 box.  I configured sane and tried scanning with xsane. There are
blue lines from top to bottom when I scan a while background or when I
scan a page of text.

Should I suspect the hardware or the software?  Is there anything I
should try before returning the scanner?  Please send replies directly
to me.

Tom

sarantium:/etc/sane.d# scanimage -L
device `plustek:/dev/usbscanner' is a Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 2200c USB
flatbed scanner
sarantium:/etc/sane.d# dpkg --list libsane
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  libsane        1.0.7-3.2      API library for scanners

The problem here is maybe a calibration problem!
I know that the calibration is only good for Plustek
devices, but I thought HP scanners work also very well.
Can you send me an example pic? (Only a small one please ;-)
Gerhard


On Sunday, 21. April 2002 00:24, Tom Epperly wrote:
> I just purchased a HP 2200c scanner and plugged it into my Debian Linux
> 2.4.18 box.  I configured sane and tried scanning with xsane. There are
> blue lines from top to bottom when I scan a while background or when I
> scan a page of text.
>
> Should I suspect the hardware or the software?  Is there anything I
> should try before returning the scanner?  Please send replies directly
> to me.
>
> Tom
>
> sarantium:/etc/sane.d# scanimage -L
> device `plustek:/dev/usbscanner' is a Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 2200c USB
> flatbed scanner
> sarantium:/etc/sane.d# dpkg --list libsane
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
>
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
>
> uppercase=bad)
>
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
>
> +++-==============-==============-=========================================
>=== ii  libsane        1.0.7-3.2      API library for scanners
>
>
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On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 13:52, Jaeger, Gerhard wrote:
> The problem here is maybe a calibration problem!
> I know that the calibration is only good for Plustek
> devices, but I thought HP scanners work also very well.
> Can you send me an example pic? (Only a small one please ;-)
> Gerhard

I returned it the same day I bought it.  I was looking for a no hassles
Linux USB scanner for $100 or less.  None of the stores in my area seem
to offer any of the scanners that have good SANE driver ratings.

Tom