Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO not finding my scanner

On 15/02/2021 13:41, insomniacno1 wrote:
> 2 years later and this is still an issue not only on Linux but also on
> Windows XP up to Windows 10, People on the net in various forums have
> reported that while scanning does not work in LibreOffice they had it
> working in OpenOffice(I have not yet tested that).
>
> I have had this issue since Libreoffice 6.2.2.8 which came installed with my
> Peach OSI TW 16.04 LTS(Xubuntu) 64bit, i also tried 6.3.
>
> I just removed all instances of LibeOffice today and installed the snap
> version of 7.0.4.2 to see if the problem were solved, but no it's still
> there. In Writer, I go to insert-Media-Scan-select source and nothing
> happens.

I'd never noticed that this option existed, so I thought I'd give it a try.

My old Epson V200 scanner was plugged into my Windows 10 box so I fired it up, Writer as well (LO 
7.0.2.2).

It worked first go and scanned a page right into a new document.

An interesting discovery, thanks.

Philip



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