Folk, At Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:09:26 +0200 Thierry Chatelet wrote, "Google: linuc c6270a brings you there: http://hp-linux.cern.ch/support/devscanner.php3 " Good tip! Thanks! The problem was merely lack of permission for a user. The scanner works with nothing more than chmod 666 /dev/sg1 . Regards, ... Peter E. -- Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.yi.org/ Desktops.OpenDoc http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/