2.6 Setting Up a Scanner
You can configure a scanner at any time using
YaST. The sane-backends package
contains hardware drivers and other essentials needed to use a scanner.
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Connect your scanner to your computer and turn on the scanner.
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Start YaST and select . YaST will check if the sane-backends package is available and will try to
detect your scanner model automatically.
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Depending on the results, proceed as follows:
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If you scanner is detected properly, select the entry and
click .
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If your scanner cannot be automatically detected, try first. If this does not work, click
to open the manual configuration dialog and select the appropriate
model and driver. Refer to the help text on the left for detailed
information.
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Click .
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Test the scanner by clicking .
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Click to close this module.
For details and background information about scanner
configuration have a look at our support database article at https://opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_Scanners_from_SUSE_LINUX_9.2. If you have problems configuring your scanner model, find the
support contact data in Section 13.7, Support for openSUSE.
