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---
title: How to setup a Fujitsu Scansnap S1300i on Gentoo Linux
description: My installation notes
date: 2022-10-20
tags:
- Gentoo
- linux
---

## Introduction

I just got myself a document scanner in order to digitalise some documents before I lose them for good. The linux setup required some google-fu so here is a report of what I had to do to get it working.

## Installation notes

I did not need to change anything to my kernel configuration, that was nice!

I installed the following new packages (the `SANE_BACKEND` variable should be added to your `make.conf`):
```sh
SANE_BACKENDS="epjitsu"  emerge  media-gfx/sane-backends  media-gfx/simple-scan  -q
```

Your user should be in the `scanner` and `usb` groups:
```sh
gpasswd -a <username> scanner
gpasswd -a <username> usb
```

If you needed to add your user to these groups, you should close your X session and log in again. An alternative would be to run `newgrp -` in a terminal to make an environment with the correct permissions and then launch your scanning utility with `DISPLAY=:0 simple-scan` from there.

A `fujitsu` `SANE_BACKEND` exists, but it is a trap, you really need the `epjitsu` one. Simple-scan is a simple gnome application which is very simple to use. I first tried xsane but it was not user friendly at all!

## The tricky part

Nothing worked at this stage, the scanner was not detected by neither `simple-scan` nor `scanimage -L`, but `sane-find-scanner` could see it just fine. That is because we are missing a firmware which can be found on the [web archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20190217094259if_/https://www.josharcher.uk/static/files/2016/10/1300i_0D12.nal). That's right you have got to live dangerously... Here is the sha1 of the file you should end up with if that can reassure you a bit: cde2a967d5048ca4301f5c3ad48397dac4a02dad.

Download this file then put it as root in `/usr/share/sane/epjitsu/`:
```sh
mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/
mv  /home/julien/Downloads/1300i_0D12.nal  /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/1300i_0D12.nal
```

If you already plugged your scanner before copying this firmware file, unplug it then plug it again and everything should now work. Just launch `simple-scan` and enjoy your scanner!
added scanner article 2022-10-20 22:39:20 +02:00			`---`
			`title: How to setup a Fujitsu Scansnap S1300i on Gentoo Linux`
			`description: My installation notes`
			`date: 2022-10-20`
			`tags:`
			`- Gentoo`
			`- linux`
			`---`

			`## Introduction`

			`I just got myself a document scanner in order to digitalise some documents before I lose them for good. The linux setup required some google-fu so here is a report of what I had to do to get it working.`

			`## Installation notes`

			`I did not need to change anything to my kernel configuration, that was nice!`

			I installed the following new packages (the `SANE_BACKEND` variable should be added to your `make.conf`):
			```sh
			`SANE_BACKENDS="epjitsu" emerge media-gfx/sane-backends media-gfx/simple-scan -q`
			```

			Your user should be in the `scanner` and `usb` groups:
			```sh
			`gpasswd -a <username> scanner`
			`gpasswd -a <username> usb`
			```

Amend last article 2022-10-20 23:53:39 +02:00			If you needed to add your user to these groups, you should close your X session and log in again. An alternative would be to run `newgrp -` in a terminal to make an environment with the correct permissions and then launch your scanning utility with `DISPLAY=:0 simple-scan` from there.

added scanner article 2022-10-20 22:39:20 +02:00			A `fujitsu` `SANE_BACKEND` exists, but it is a trap, you really need the `epjitsu` one. Simple-scan is a simple gnome application which is very simple to use. I first tried xsane but it was not user friendly at all!

			`## The tricky part`

Amend last article 2022-10-20 23:53:39 +02:00			Nothing worked at this stage, the scanner was not detected by neither `simple-scan` nor `scanimage -L`, but `sane-find-scanner` could see it just fine. That is because we are missing a firmware which can be found on the [web archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20190217094259if_/https://www.josharcher.uk/static/files/2016/10/1300i_0D12.nal). That's right you have got to live dangerously... Here is the sha1 of the file you should end up with if that can reassure you a bit: cde2a967d5048ca4301f5c3ad48397dac4a02dad.

			Download this file then put it as root in `/usr/share/sane/epjitsu/`:
added scanner article 2022-10-20 22:39:20 +02:00			```sh
			`mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/`
			`mv /home/julien/Downloads/1300i_0D12.nal /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/1300i_0D12.nal`
			```

			If you already plugged your scanner before copying this firmware file, unplug it then plug it again and everything should now work. Just launch `simple-scan` and enjoy your scanner!