Howto: Mustek 1200 UB Plus USB Scanner Install / Setup

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:

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cd /usr/share/sane/gt68xx

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To download the driver firmware file sbfw.usb from the SANE gt68xx-backend site:

Code:

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sudo wget http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/firmware/sbfw.usb

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Then open the gt68xx.conf file for editing:

Code:

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sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf

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Replace / Uncomment: hint: use ctrl+f to find

Code:

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#override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"

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With:

Code:

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override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"

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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

:D thx

No problem, glad it helped someone :-)

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!
:guitar:

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.

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

that's a nice howto ;) thanks.

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?