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[Michael Rasmussen]

Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> Possible reasons:
> ...
> 3. The permissions for the device file do not allow you to use it - try
> as root
> ...
> Earlier, I learned that the scanner appears to be associated with
> /dev/sg0, which ls -l reports as:
> crw-r----- 1 root disk 21, 0 2007-09-17 10:03 sg0

Since you're not root or in the disk group do:
sudo chmod 666 /dev/sg0
Then your UID will have permissions to read and write to the device.

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