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Network Scan Drivers User's Guide September 2008 www.lexmark.com Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2008 Lexmark International, Inc. All rights reserved. 740 West New Circle Road Lexington, Kentucky 40550 Edition notice September 2008 The following paragraph does not apply to any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions; therefore, this statement may not apply to you. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. 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Contents Edition notice......................................................................................2 Introduction to the network scan driver......................................5 Installing the network scan driver...................................................................................................................................5 System requirements .......................................................................................................................................................................5 Supported operating systems.......................................................................................................................................................5 Installing on Red Hat, Red Flag, Linpus, or SUSE Linux........................................................................................................5 Installing on Debian, Linspire, or Ubuntu Linux.....................................................................................................................6 Using the network scan driver..........................................................................................................................................6 Removing the network scan driver.................................................................................................................................6 How Do I...?..........................................................................................7 Scan using XSane...................................................................................................................................................................7 Scan using OpenOffice.org.................................................................................................................................................7 Scan using GIMP.....................................................................................................................................................................7 Scan using the command line...........................................................................................................................................8 Scan multiple pages..............................................................................................................................................................8 Scan both sides of the page............................................................................................................................................10 Import all scanned pages at once..................................................................................................................................11 Adjust the scan settings using XSane and OpenOffice.org .................................................................................11 Adjust the scan settings using scanimage.................................................................................................................13 Set default scan options....................................................................................................................................................15 Check to see if the network scan driver is installed................................................................................................15 Cancel a scan.........................................................................................................................................................................16 Troubleshooting...............................................................................17 The printer scans the page, but nothing happens on the host computer.....................................................17 The printer starts scanning, but suddenly stops or prints a “Profile scan failed” page..............................17 Disable any firewall........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Open the required scanning ports (tcp: 9751-9760).......................................................................................................... 17 Accept the device certificate ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Enter a scan profile login.............................................................................................................................................................. 18 When scanning from the ADF, only one page is imported to the application.............................................18 When scanning from the ADF, the profile is posted between each page......................................................19 My printer is not compatible...........................................................................................................................................19 SANE does not recognize the network scan driver.................................................................................................19 Contents 3 I want to change the display language of my application...................................................................................19 XSane displays garbage characters in the scan options.......................................................................................19 Index...................................................................................................21 Contents 4 Introduction to the network scan driver The network scan driver provides a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) interface to allow scanning from a network-based printer. Installing the network scan driver System requirements Before installing the network scan driver, make sure: • You are logged on with root user authority. • You have 62MB of free disk space available for a complete installation. • You have SANE and/or SANE back ends installed on your server. • The host computer is properly configured to communicate with a supported network printer over TCP/IP. • Your printer has an internal network card and can communicate via an IPv4 network. External network adapters are not supported. Supported operating systems Make sure you are running any of the following Linux distributions: • Debian GNU/Linux • Linspire Linux • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • SUSE Linux • Ubuntu Linux • Red Flag Linux • Linpus Linux Note: For specific supported operating system versions, see the Web site for your operating system, or see the file /usr/lexscan/docs/supported-platforms.txt after installation. Installing on Red Hat, Red Flag, Linpus, or SUSE Linux 1 Read “System requirements” on page 5. 2 Download the driver: a Go to www.lexmark.com. b Select Driver Finder from the Drivers & Downloads drop-down list. c Choose the Linux distribution running on your host computer. d Select network-scan-linux-glibc2-x86.rpm and download it to your computer. 3 Save the downloaded package in