[PLUG] scanner and sane

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

I have a new scanner, an hp scanjet 5530.  There's some slight
evidence on the web that this is supported, maybe.

On plugging in, kern.log reports

    Jul 13 17:53:27 astra kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2

Scanning for scanners, I see it, maybe:

    jeff@astra:~ $ sane-find-scanner

      # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
      # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
      # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

      # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
      # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
      # Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system.
      # If using Linux, try "modprobe sg".

    found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x1605, chip=GL841?) at libusb:001:002
      # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
      # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

      # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

      # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
      # can't be detected by this program.

      # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
      # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
      # necessary.
    jeff@astra:~ $

But scanimage isn't so positive:

    jeff@astra:~ $ scanimage -L

    No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
    check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
    sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
    which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
    jeff@astra:~ $

Initial conclusion seems to be that the 5530 is not SANE compatible.
Anyone with experience in this think otherwise or see reasonable
alternatives or things I'm missing?

-- 
 Jeff

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