Working with Scanners In Linux

First of all you have to install Xsane a powerful scanner supporter tool .

On this time my demonstration is focuses on Genius Colorpage 1200 XE scanner 

Introduction to XSane

XSane is another front end for SANE-1.0.18. It has additional features to improve the image quality and ease of use compared to xscanimage.

on fedora You can Simply say # yum install xsane

Package Information

• Download (HTTP): http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/sane/xsane/xsane-0.994.tar.gz
• Download (FTP): ftp://ftp2.sane-project.org/pub/sane/xsane/xsane-0.994.tar.gz

Get the firmware file PS1Gfw.usb from your scanner installation disk or google for it. Plug in the hardware to an USB port.

1	#yum -y install skanlite xsane

2	#mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/gt68xx

3	#cp PS1Gfw.usb /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/

4	#sane-find-scanner

The last command outputs something like:

Adjust the below to this output in case when your hardware is different.

# gedit /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf

 In this case search for your scanner by your vendor id and product id 

you can list it by simply typing 

$lsusb 

on terminal.

If it is not listed just add your vendor id and product id as shown below 

# Autodetect Genius Colorpage 1200 XE

usb 0x0458 0x201f

Now you have to find firmware for your scanner for that you may refer to the site "SANE GT68xx Backend Homepage"

http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/

Genius

Colorpage Vivid 1200 XE

CCD

6816

0x0458

0x201f

ccd569.fw

Works.

As you can see my firmware file is ccd569.fw. 

then the Simplest way is just search the firm ware file on windows machine else you have to refer your Device driver CD or you can follow any of following steps.

Locate a small firmware file named 'CCD569.fw' with size 8KB and dated 29 September 2003. This binary file is included in the driver CD that came with the scanner, and is required by the XSane scanning package to correctly communicate with the scanner. The firmware file can be located by any 1 of the following 3 methods:
Method 1.
If you have an existing Windows XP installation with the scanner installed, and you clicked on the default values when installing the driver, the firmware file will be located in the folder 'C:\Program Files\ScannerU'.
Method 2.
If you don't have an existing Windows installation with the scanner installed, but still have the CD, you can extract it from the compressed 'data?.cab' files within the '32bits' folder on the CD. Create a 'temp' folder in your home folder using your file browser. Copy the following 3 files from the '32bits' folder on the CD into the 'temp' folder that you have just created, using your file browser:
data1.cab
data2.cab
data1.hdr
Install the 'unshield' package (if you don't have it already) using Synaptic Package Manager. Open a terminal and type the following commands:

cd temp
unshield x data1.cab

The firmware file will be located in the folder /home/yourname/temp/DRV_USB_GT6816.
Method 3.
If you don't have the original driver CD, you may download the driver file '1200xe.exe' from the website http://www.geniusnet.com. You now have 1 of 2 choices:Choice 1.
Install the driver into any existing Windows XP installation. The firmware file will be located in the folder 'C:\Program Files\ScannerU'.

Then just modify 

# gedit /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf

 as follows 

# Autodetect Genius Colorpage 1200 XE
usb 0x0458 0x201f
override "Genius Colorpage 1200 XE"
firmware "/usr/share/sane/gt68xx/ccd569.fw"
vendor "Genius"
model "Genius Colorpage 1200 XE"
afe 0x20 0x02 0x22 0x03 0x1f 0x04




Then go to Applications ->Graphics -> Scanner tool or Scanlite 


You can scan successfully 
Wish u all the best with the workings 
:)