Sane Network Scanning

Sane network scanning

• Installing requirements

    # Basic requirements
    sudo apt install sane sane-utils xsane

    # XSane might need the following libraries
    # (start xsane net:10.0.0.123 from cli to see if libcanberra is missing)
    sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module

    # Copy systemd files
    sudo cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/saned* /etc/systemd/system

    # Set RUN=yes in /etc/default/saned

    # Enable Sane socket
    sudo systemctl enable saned.socket
  

• Service configuration

    # Find USB vendor ID
    # (Vendor (VVVV) and device (DDDD) in "ID VVVV:DDDD")
    sudo lsusb

    # Change udev rules to use specific device group
    # (Change VVVV for Vendor ID)
    echo '"SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="VVVV", MODE="0660", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"' > cat /etc/udev/rules.d/55-libsane.rules

    # Edit /etc/saned.d/saned.conf and add access lists as follows
    192.168.0.0/24
    10.0.0.0/24
    127.0.0.1
    localhost
    
    # Add scanner group to users
    sudo usermod -a -G scanner [your-user-name]

    # Enable Sane socket
    sudo systemctl enable saned.socket
    sudo systemctl start saned.socket

    # If scanner is still not listed, edit /etc/systemd/system/saned@.service and 
  

• Client configuration

    # Enable net module
    # Edit /etc/saned.d/dll.conf and uncomment line containing net
    # Edit /etc/saned.d/net.conf and add server ip addresses as follows:
    localhost
    10.0.0.100
  

• Trouble shooting

    # If no scanners are listed on the client, you might want to run saned as root:
    # Edit /etc/default/saned and uncomment RUN_AS_USER
    # Edit /etc/systemd/system/saned.socket and uncomment RUN_AS_USER
    # Edit /etc/systemd/system/saned@.service and uncomment both User and Group

    # You can enable logging on the server by uncommenting Environment=SANE_CONFIG_DIR=/etc/sane.d SANE_DEBUG_DLL=255
    # To view debugging information:
    tail -f /var/log/syslog
    # Now search for scanners on client:
    scanimage -L

    # You might want to enable data port ranges in /etc/saned.d/saned.conf
    data_portrange = 10000 - 10010