Configure scanner

USB

Configuring a USB scanner is a matter of installing the sane scanner drivers and a scanning program.

The following list will work:

• xsane
• libsane
• libsane-extras
• sane
• sane-utils

to install them:

• open a terminal
• become root
• type:
  • apt-get update
  • apt-get install xsane libsane libsane-extras sane sane-utils

to start using the scanner

• connect the power to the scanner
• connect the USB cord to the scanner and the CPU
• start the xsane program (KDE menu)