Deprecated scanner - Sane

[er2020]

I have a scanner whose driver is out of date so I have turned to sane to try to get it recognized by my computer. I installed sane using MacPorts.

It is showing some promise:

$ sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x1205 [hp scanjet scanner], chip=HP4500C/4570C/5500C/5550C/5590/7650) at libusb:036:003

But 'Image capture' does not recognize the scanner (Devices is empty). Is there a way to bind it to sane?

 

[MisterMe]

Why did you use MacPorts rather than the available installer package for the specific version of your OS?

 

[er2020]

Why did you use MacPorts rather than the available installer package for the specific version of your OS?

I've just installed libusb, sane backends and twain-sane using 'available installer packages'.

Is that supposed to have Image Capture recognize the device? Perhaps it has as Devices now has underneath it the Sane USB.

Unfortunately the interface freezes to 'overview scan' and it's useless.

 

[ratboy90]

I've just installed libusb, sane backends and twain-sane using 'available installer packages'.

Is that supposed to have Image Capture recognize the device? It has not although at the command line:

$ scanimage -L
device `hp5590:libusb:038:002' is a HP 4500C/5550C Workgroup scanner

I used to have to do this. It only worked in adobe acrobat. Otherwise try another scan app