sohnemann/scansnap-firmware

Making my favorite scanner work on linux.

Scansnap firmware

The following is a quick and dirty way to get my Scansnap S1300i working on Debian and Ubuntu.

Installation on Debian

1. Download firmware: git clone https://github.com/sohnemann/scansnap-firmware.git

2. Run the following commands in a Terminal

    sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/epjitsu
    sudo cp ./scansnap-firmware/* /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/.
    sudo cpan upgrade sane
    sudo apt-get install libsane-dev
   

3. Logout, and then re-login.

4. Try sudo scanimage -L