HOWTO - Install SnapScan S1300 Driver on Linux

Overview

This is a HowTo for installing the Drivers of a Futjisu SnapScan S1300 document scanner on Linux (e.g. ArchLinux)

Prerequisite

• sane is installed

HowTo

Download the Drivers:

• SnapScan S1300
• SnapScan S300
• SnapScan S1100
• SnapScan S1300i

find scanner

sudo sane-find-scanner
...
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04c5 [FUJITSU], product=0x11ed [ScanSnap S1300]) at libusb:003:010

create relevant folders

sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/epjitsu

copy the drivers

sudo cp <PATH-TO>/1300_0C26.nal /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/1300_0C26.nal

update configuration settings

make sure the following entry exists in /etc/sane.d/epjitsu.conf

...
# Fujitsu S1300
firmware /usr/share/sane/epjitsu/1300_0C26.nal
usb 0x04c5 0x11ed
...

or equivalent for other scanner models

(optional) reboot you computer

sudo reboot

Testing

scanimage -L

Nothing will happen for a few seconds, that’s normal. After a short time you should hear the scanner spool up and the light will turn solid blue. Once that’s happened the terminal should return something like:

device 'epjitsu:libusb:003:008' is a FUJITSU ScanSnap S1300 scanner

Links

• https://www.josharcher.uk/code/install-scansnap-s1300-drivers-linux/