Lubuntu 18.04 LTS 64 bit: ricoh sp 211 scanner not working

[erotavlas]

Hi,
I have a problem with multifunction printer-scanner ricoh sp 211 su. I installed the driver r78188en.exe that is a Linux SANE Scanner Driver and contains sp-200series_Scanner-1.01-noarch. The printer is detected and it works after that I installed it by adding a printer with a generic driver. The scanner does not work and both xsane and simple-scan do not detect it. The device is detected as stated by lusb and sane-find-scanner:

lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:a001 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:044f Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

sudo sane-find-scanner

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x05ca [RICOH ], product=0x044f [RICOH SP 211SU]) at libusb:001:002
# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
# Not checking for parallel port scanners.
# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.

while it is not detected by

scanimage -L
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

I already installed sudo apt install libsane-extras and manually changed the file /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane1.rules by adding the following lines:

# Ricoh SP 211
ATTRS{idVendor}=="05ca", ATTRS{idProduct}=="044f", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

and the file /etc/sane.d/ricoh.conf by adding:

usb 0x05ca 0x044f

The scanner still does not work. Do you have any idea?
Thank you in advance.

 

[arochester]

The file extension .exe is a Microsoft Windows file.

To get the Linux file you need to click on Firmware/Other OS.

 

[erotavlas]

The file extension .exe is a Microsoft Windows file.

To get the Linux file you need to click on Firmware/Other OS.

Of course, but the file contains a deb package. I downloaded it from Firmware/Other OS.

 

[arochester]

And how did you install it?

 

[erotavlas]

And how did you install it?

You can extract it by using an archive manager. Then inside there is a .deb package.

 

[arochester]

Yes, but how did you install the .deb?

 

[erotavlas]

Yes, but how did you install the .deb?

By using GUI. Have I to install via command line and dpkg?

 

[arochester]

Which GUI?

See https://itsfoss.com/gdebi-default-ubuntu-software-center/

 

[erotavlas]

Which GUI?

See https://itsfoss.com/gdebi-default-ubuntu-software-center/

GUI of gdebi. Do you have any idea how to help me?