Scanner models with no Linux driver in SANE
Many scanner models, including HP, OKI, Canon, Plustek and Xerox units, have no SANE driver, so they cannot be used on Linux.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
7 public reports · first reported 30 January 2019 · last reported 6 April 2025
What's going wrong
Owners of several scanner models report that SANE has no backend for their device, so scanning on Linux is impossible.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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