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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 in this world of proprietary firmware blobs... 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!
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