su Password: linux:/home/papa # ls -al /dev/usbscanner crw------- 1 papa root 180, 48 2002-09-09 22:25 /dev/usbscanner linux:/home/papa # ls -al /dev/usb/scanner0 crw------- 1 papa root 180, 48 2002-09-09 22:25 /dev/usb/scanner0 linux:/home/papa # sane-find-scanner # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected # to a SCSI bus and some scanners that are connected to the Universal # Serial Bus (USB) depending on your OS. It will even find scanners # that are not supported at all by SANE. It won't find a scanner that # is connected to a parallel or proprietary port. sane-find-scanner: found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04a9, product = 0x2204) at device /dev/usb/scanner0 sane-find-scanner: found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04a9, product = 0x2204) at device /dev/usbscanner linux:/home/papa # scanimage -L device `canon630u:/dev/usb/scanner0' is a CANON Canoscan FB630U flatbed scanner device `canon630u:/dev/usbscanner' is a CANON Canosca