3. Setup your Scanner

[Note] Note

If you are installing an all-in-one device, please setup and configure the printer component as described in Section 2, “Setup your Printer” before starting this section.

Many software applications provide capabilities to capture images directly from scanner devices, examples include:

3.1. Installing a Scanner

A scanner is normally connected to a computer using a USB connection. However, some scanners are connected using the parallel, or Small Computer System Interface, commonly called SCSI.

With your scanner attached to the computer and powered on, start the Mandriva Linux Control Center, then select Hardware. The procedure below will step you through the installation process.

Procedure 2.4. Installing a Scanner

  1. Click the Setup scanner icon.

    The Setup Scanner application will scan your system for attached scanner devices.

  2. When complete, a list of scanner devices will be listed, this means your scanner was found and automatically setup using default options. Click the Quit.

3.2. Testing a Scanner

The best way to test if a scanner works properly is to scan something. To scan you need to use a program that provides the functions to capture from a scanner device. For the purpose of this test we will be using Kooka, an application for scanning.

Procedure 2.5. Testing a Scanner

  1. From the Main menu select MultimediaGraphicsKooka.

    The Kooka setup wizard is displayed with a list of installed scanner devices.

  2. Select the scanner device you will be testing, then click the OK button.

  3. Place an item to scan in the scanner, then click the Preview Scan button.

    The scanner will warm up and scan the item. The resulting image is displayed in Kooka.

    If the scanned image is displayed, then your scanner is installed and working correctly.

  4. Click the Final Scan button if you want to save the scanned image to a graphic file format.