[nmglug] "all-in-one" printer puzzler

[Lee Einer]

OK, answered my own question.

The Linux Box had a print job running to another printer (on a parallel
printer port) and for some reason this was blocking the PC and the
scanner from talking to one another.

Sadly, our laser printer is such a junker that when we run flyers with
graphics it can take us a day or more to run a hundred pages. So we will
have to plan our scanning around this.

Lee

Lee Einer wrote:
> I hooked up an "all-in-one" printer (Epson CX6400 usb printer and
> scanner) to a PC running Mepis 6.0 at our local Peace & Justice center
> recently. The printer works flawlessly. The scanner is another story.
> 
> First time around, the Scanner autodetected and worked great, even
> scanning into OpenOffice documents without a hitch. But the second time
> I fired up the PC, the damn thing would not work and I have had buzzard
> luck getting it to work since.
> 
> The device is read at the USB port. xsane-find-scanner detects the
> scanner immediately. But scanimage -L simply hangs, even if I run it as
> root, and neither xsane nor scanimage will activate the scanner.
> 
> The all-in-one unit has an option for either scan to memory card, scan
> to PC or scan to e-mail. The scanner will not accept any option now
> except scan to memory card.
> 
> The fact that it worked the first time out tells me that the problem is
> not an issue of configuration of the PC. But what is causing the problem
> and how do I fix?
> 
> Lee
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