IIRC, permissions for the scanner can also be an issue.
I've had to amend a config file to get my Epson scanner to work.
Does running the scanner software under sudo work?
Good point, I had to do that as well for my Brother MFC215C. Forgot about that... If it should work as root user (ie sudo), then you'd have to add a udev rule to set the correct permissions. Open the file (replace vi with nano or any other editor that you prefer): sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules And add the following (single) line: SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a5", SYSFS{idProduct}=="20b0", MODE="666", GROUP="scanner" The values for "idVendor" and "idProduct" are the ones output by lsusb, that you posted earlier. Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174