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    An easy, cut and paste way to get The Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner or one of it's clones working in Ubuntu Breezy through Ubuntu Maverick and beyond.

    Open the Terminal(Applications>Accessories>Terminal), copy and paste the following one at a time.

    To get to the proper directory:
    Code:
    cd /usr/share/sane/gt68xx
    To download the driver firmware file sbfw.usb from the SANE gt68xx-backend site:
    Code:
    sudo wget http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/firmware/sbfw.usb
    Then open the gt68xx.conf file for editing:
    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf
    Replace / Uncomment: hint: use ctrl+f to find
    Code:
    #override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"
    With:
    Code:
    override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"
    That's all there is to it, now you can go to Applications>Graphics>XSane Image Scanner(or SimpleScan) to scan your images.
    Enjoy!!

    The only thing better would be a script to do it for you
    Edit: A mirror location just in case the sbfw.usb host goes down. http://www.multiupload.com/4LNXQQKTC6
    Last edited by williamts99; December 6th, 2010 at 04:31 PM. Reason: changed mirror

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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    thx

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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    No problem, glad it helped someone

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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    I don't know how you folks figure this stuff out bot, I am so glad you do! thanks for the great info! works 100% Even better than in windows!

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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    i tried but it didn't work for me, i keep getting the "no devices available" message. i have the MUSTEK PLUG-N-SCAN 1200 USB. it was still in the box (and wrapped in plastic) when i bought it last week and i've got the cd's that came with it, but i can't seem to figure out how to make the thing work with my ubuntu 6.06. just to see if it works i tried it on my old windows98 laptop and it installed and scanned well.

    any help would be greatly appreciated.

    thanks.

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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    Try loading sane and xsane, then add the libsane and libsane-extras files. I needed these to get my Mustek model 4800 running.
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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

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    Cool Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    my solution: buy another scanner for five dollars, give the other scanner to a friend.

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    that's a nice howto thanks.
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    Re: Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

    I am trying to get my Mustek Scanmagic 1200USB working.

    lsusb gives:

    Bus 004 Device 003: ID 055f:0003 Mustek Systems, Inc. ScanExpress 1200 USB

    I have followed the above instructions but Xsane reports "no devices available"

    sane-find-scanner gives:

    found USB scanner (vendor=0x055f, product=0x0003, chip=MA-1017) at libusb:004:003
    # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
    # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

    scanimage-L gives:

    No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
    check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
    sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
    which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages)

    I am not sure what to do next - any ideas?

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