linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: questions from a real newbie

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Rixta Francis" <rixta.francis@...> wrote:

> ***It's a CanoScan N640P, about 5-7 years old. I couldn't find Linux drivers on the Canon website, but maybe there are drivers available somewhere else? I would really like to keep this scanner, as it's good and has all the things I need. And I use it a lot, so else I will have to buy a new scanner, that does work with Linux.

> Rixta Francis

It is supported by XSANE (The graphical scanning fontend for SANE):

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON

In the latest version of Ubuntu, just plug it in and it will install the program and the drivers.