Questions tagged [scanner]
A device producing a digital image of a printed document
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Ubuntu 22.04 & epsonscan2: scanner detected, but I still can't scan
Epson DS-6500. USB scanner (not networked). Works on Widows 10, not on Ubuntu 22.04.
I've installed epsonscan2 by downloading from here and extracting to directory "epson' that has the proper ...
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Scan Gun returning empty data in Python Script [migrated]
I have a symbol barcode scanner model DS4308 that I am trying to pull scan data from.
In my python script, I am using the "hid" library via import hid to connect to the device. Here is the ...
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Can iSCSI be used share SCSI scanner over network?
Last weekend, I got an old, but very high-end, SCSI slide scanner.
My "real" computer is a laptop running Windows 10. AFAIK, there's no cheap/good way to directly give it a "real" ...
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How do I get larger high-resolution images from my Epson Expression 10000XL scanner?
I have an Epson 10000 XL scanner that I use at work. It's capable of scanning at a high resolution, but the problem is that when it's on its highest resolution setting, it limits the size of the image ...
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HP Envy Pro 6432 scans every document at a slight angle - how can I fix this?
My HP Envy Pro 6432 all-in-one printer scans every document (be it using the document feeder or the scanner glass) with a 1 degree angle.
At present I use the Windows HP Smart software to manually ...
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HP Photosmart C4280 scanner: Is it possible to change scanner color balance or contrast?
I'm working with an HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One printer/scanner/copier. I'm only using the scanner function at the moment. I'm working on an Ubuntu system, and using xsane and scanimage to capture ...
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Sharp Network Printer/Scanner Will Only Add as a Scanner. No Printing Functionality
I am attempting to diagnose an issue on an employees machine but have had no luck. Their particular machine stopped being able to print to the particular printer yesterday. I checked it this morning ...
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Finding VPNs using scans
I understand that nmap doesn't know how to recognize some VPN protocols, but I need a way to scan a port and find a result so I know that the port is VPN.
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IrfanView stopped recognizing any scanner driver / TWAIN source after either Windows 11 22H2 update or after installation of faulty scanner driver
When I select File > Select Scan/TWAIN Source... menu item, I see an empty box with zero items / TWAIN sources / scanner drivers.
I have three scanner drivers installed in my Windows 11 Pro 22H2. ...
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Does anyone know how to lighten a drawing from .tiff file?
I have a photocopy of an old machine drawing from 1982. It looks like it has been taped and I have been tasked with trying to edit the drawing so that it is eligible. Other from lightening the ...
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gscan2pdf on Linux Mint: Scanner works only as root
I'm trying to get a Brother ADS-2200 scanner to work with gscan2pdf on Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon. The scanner is recognized and works with Document Scanner without any issue. However, when opening ...
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Popup provided by scanner driver does not offer a double-sided scan option
I am using a HP multifunction device to scan into a bespoke application for ongoing document storage. The application has generic TWAIN/WIA scanning interfaces - via TWAIN which appears to be the ...
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How to create a Reset Factory Barcode image for a Bluetooth Scanner?
I have a Newland NLS-BS80 Bluetooth Barcode Scanner and it has a "Restore Factory Defaults" Barcode in its manual printed in paper.
This barcode instantly reset the device to its factory ...
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Best Way to Bulk Scan Center Stapled Booklets
I wanted to scan some A4-Sized Textbooks that had the centre stapled binding. There are around 60 (15-25 sheets each) of them that I wanted to scan as soon as possible. Is there any way I can scan ...
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Linux HP AIO scanner has blue tint (HPLIP, scanimage)
I have an Odroid with Ubuntu running and connected via LAN an HP LaserJet 3055 AIO.
I‘ve got the printer as well as the scanner basically running.
I used HPLIP and can now scan with e. g. scanimage ...
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Force Windows to check for printer status
When I want to print something I have to turn on my network printer. This usually takes about a few seconds to get it online and then I can start printing from my phone or my MacBook.
However, with ...
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How was my MFP able to save scanned document to my computer without a password?
I was scanning document with Canon MB2100 and it asked me where to save it. I choose "Computer" and it showed my Windows computer in a format
username (SMBNAME)
It didn't ask any passwords, ...
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Kyocera TASKalfa 3252ci - eMail sending suddenly stopped working
Our Kyocera "Scan to eMail" facility suddenly stopped working.
I checked the email account settings it uses in Thunderbird email client and it showed a problem (error message after sending ...
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Scan documents longer than 14 inches with Brother scanner using SANE in Linux?
I have a Brother MFC-L3750CDW. I would like to scan documents longer than 14 inches (long receipts) from the feeder. I have found many articles on Brother's website for how to do this with windows ...
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SaneTwain won't run on WIN 10
I am trying to use SaneTwain v1.37 under Win 10 Pro 64 bi6 v2iH2 to connect to a Scan Server ( Raspberry Pi, Buster)
There aren't may posts on this subject but all I have found seem to be about ...
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Vertical lines appearing in scanned documents
My HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 has served me well, both as a printer and a document scanner. However, recently my scanned documents have started to suffer from vertical lines appearing. As an example, here'...
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Convert coloured book scan pdf to 1 bit black and white
I have a high dpi book scan which is very slow to read, probably owing to the fact that it has all gradation and colourful goodness of the pages and text. I want to get rid of everything extra and ...
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How to get/set default image scanner in windows powershell (WIA)
I am trying to build a program that involves scanning. I am trying to use powershell to just scan a document and save it to a specified location, and I have found a program that I can use through ...
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Share sane scanner over network so Windows can access it
I have two printer/scanners (both Brother MFC-2700DW) and I also have some windows 11 computers and a Mac that's not critical to support but Id still like to. The drivers + windows 11 don't really ...
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Giving out printer/scanner for repair replacement and personal data cached
I have a home printer/scanner (Epson XP235) that has malfunction and needs repair.
Do the scanner/printers cache any data (from printed/scanned documents) that I should make sure are wiped out before ...
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Canon printer error 2, 140, 21
I have a canon Pixma MG2500 series 2570 printer that is 3 years old, and I wanted to test if it would work before scrapping it.
To day I installed the drivers from this Canon official website
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Using the Fujitsu S300M on Windows
The Fujitsu S300M is a "Mac only" version of the old S300 scanner.
How can I use it under Windows 10?
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Unable to use scanner. Scanner detected by system but not by software. Live USB works perfectly but my installed destro could not find the drivers
When I plug in my HP desktop Ink Advantage 3635 in my Debian stable it shows a notification that a printer has been connected but nothing happens after that. I open Xsane but it couldn't find the ...
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How can I scan a document without losing the original quality?
I am scanning in pages from an old book so that I can recreate the font of this book, but the letters are pretty small and if I scan them in at 150 or 300 dpi I won't get the details needed to ...
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USB port splitter to transfer data to 2 PCs [closed]
Does anyone know of a USB splitter that can transfer data to excel files on 2 PCs? I am looking to have badge scans using one scanner to record on different files on 2 PCs.
In short, I need to connect ...
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Can I scan with a HP OfficeJet Pro 9018 without logging into an HP account?
I bought an HP OfficeJet Pro 9018 for its duplex scanning capability. The HP Smart scan application will not scan anything without logging into an HP account. I absolutely do not want anything I ...
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How do I connect a scanner and scan a document on Windows Server 2019?
I have a computer running Windows Server 2019 standard. I know that it isn't the typical use case for Windows Server, but I am trying to connect a Canon TR4520 printer/scanner so I can scan paper ...
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Default scanner settings in Windows 10 for all users
This is my first post here so apologies in advance for any breaches in etiquette...
My organisation is using OCR software to scan in forms using Kodak scanners to capture data (on Windows 10). The ...
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Fingerprint scanner doesn't work
I reinstalled windows 10 pro on my laptop, an Asus VivoBook s430fn with an i7, MX150 2gb 1tb hdd, 8gb ram. When I went in sign-in options I tried to set up a fingerprint but it said that it couldn't ...
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Debian simple-scan inoperative shortcuts
I installed Emmabuntus (Debian Buster based) on an ordinosaur computer with LXQt as DE. The simple-scan application v3.30.1.1 is installed by default and works, but the supposed shortcuts ctrl + f and ...
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Brother network multifunction printers: how to modify scan target?
To use the scanner function of a Brother networked multifunction printer on Windows, a software named Control Center has to be installed (it is shipped with the drivers).
During the installation of ...
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What purpose does the brush serve at the exit point of a scanner?
I've always wondered what this was used for. This is visible on the underside of my Epson ES-500 form feeding scanner.
There are lots of hairs on the brush of this scanner designed for office use. ...
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What causes these patchwork lines in the resulting image from my scanner?
I'm trying to scan some old trading cards (AD&D Trading Cards from 1991) and I'm having trouble getting a good scan result on a flat bed scanner.
The issue I'm having is the resulting image ...
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Do scans at a chosen DPI resolution have all the same file size?
If I scan a batch of documents, all the same format — not the same content — at same DPI value, will each page take the same amount of bytes?
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Windows user permissions mean that Epson 2 Scan Utility must be 'Run As Administrator'
I have a Windows 10 64-bit Dell laptop where the account I normally log into was set up by a company which no longer exists. The user name is "Administrator" and here are the details for ...
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Brother DCP-J315W - scanner not working on Windows when using WIA drivers
I was using NAPS2 to scan documents on my Brother DCP-J315W all-in-one (over wi-fi). It was configured in such way that WIA driver was used. My OS is Windows 10 PRO x64 (v.2004).
Suddenly scanning ...
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Impossible to scan with Canon Pixma TS5351?
I am using the Canon TS5351 Printer and want to use the scanner. The manual says to download a software called "IJ Scan Utility", but trying to download from the official source it says (...
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Ricoh 3503 Scan to folder not working
Foto I have a problem scanning documents to a folder on Ricoh MP3503 printers. The problem is on some windows 10. The folder on the computer is shared. Smb support included. Admin data provided with a ...
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I need to scan the same Cell in excel all the time
Hi I am scanning Bar Code Products into a spread sheet and when the bar code matches the log it shows a route which is great but after each scan Excel moves on to next cell
I need the scanner to ...
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How to get to "Devices and scanners" rather than "Printers & scanners"
Since moving to Windows 10, I found it difficult to access the native scanning of my HP PSC 750. Based on this post, I could access scanning from the "Devices and scanners" panel, but not from the "...
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How do I change language in Epson Scan?
How do I change display language of Epson Scan and related scanner utilities?
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Some buttons on scanner Epson V37/V370 do not work with Windows 10
Unlike in Windows 7, in Windows 10 after installation of Epson drivers, buttons on the scanner work in limited way:
Button Supposed function Actual effect As ...
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Unfreeze Epson Perfection 2480 flat-bed scanner from GNU/Linux
So I have been happily using my Epson Perfection 2480 Photo for years from Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 10, and various GNU/Linux distributions, and it's still going strong. Occasionally, ...
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How to set up HP wireless scanner in Windows 10?
I have the HP DeskJet 3835 connected to my local network.
I installed the printer using the Windows Printers & Scanners settings:
But then when I open Windows Scan, the scanner isn't listed. It ...
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Using ScanSnap S510M on macOS Catalina
I have an old Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M scanner that works perfectly well from a hardware perspective. However, as of my upgrade to macOS Catalina, the software no longer works, which effectively bricks ...
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