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http://crunchbang.org – I recently installed Crunchbang on my desktop computer, which has been my scanning workhorse this far. I have an old Agfa Duoscan F40 flatbed scanner and on WinXP I used Vuescan, which also works on Linux, for all my scanning. After plugging in the scanner (USB) and turning it on, and launching Vuescan, the application doesn't detect the scanner. Neither does simple-scan, which I tried out to see if the problem lies within Vuescan. Running lsusb in terminal does, however, list the scanner. The Vuescan website claims no additional software is required under Linux for this scanner model, an (HowTos)

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In Linux system, you can actually scan documents easily using VueScan. The latest version is VueScan 9.0.28. This new version comes with many improvements and more usable for any Linux distribution. VueScan dapat digunakan pada sebagian besar scanner yang ada di pasaran mulai dari merek Canon, HP, Epson dan masih banyak lagi. VueScan juga bisa [...]

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VueScan, an easy-to-use replacement for the software that usually comes with scanners and that supports most flatbed scanners, printer/scanners and film scanners, has reached version 9.2.11.

VueScan 9.2.11 is a minor release in the series as it doesn’t bring any performance improvements for the Linux platform, just small fixes and changes.

Highlights of VueScan 9.2.11:

• Native suppo

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I have Kodak i1120 document scanner. Driver is available for windows only. But an application named Vuescan managed to run it on Linux ( tried on Ubuntu 11.10 and 10.04 ).

How they had managed to do so ? Is it possible to use Windows scanner driver on Linux ?

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VueScan, an easy-to-use replacement for the software that usually comes with scanner and which supports most flatbed scanners, printer/scanners and film scanners, has reached version 9.1.16.

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• Support for duplex on O

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I have just bought a shiny new Canon MG6250 multifunction printer/scanner and connected it via LAN. Installing the printing side of things was a breeze, however, I cannot work out how to set up scanning.

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VueScan 9.1.17 is not a major release as it only brings support for new scanners.

Highlights of VueScan 9.1.17:

• Support for 14-inch scans on glass of HP Officejet Pro L7700 was added; • Support

VueScan, an easy-to-use replacement for the software that usually comes with scanner and that supports most flatbed scanners, printer/scanners and film scanners, has reached version 9.1.18.

VueScan 9.1.18 is just another maintenance release, but it does bring some support for a few Nikon and Minolta devices and for a lot of other document feeders.

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