Somewhere on a location like
/etc/sane.d/there should be a file called dll.conf. This file should be edited. On my system it looks (after editing it) like the following:
# enable the next line if you want to allow access through the network: # # Modified for SuSE Linux. # All lines commented to avoid trouble with wrong autodetection of backends. # Unomment the backend you need in this list. # # net # abaton # agfafocus # apple # avision # artec # as6e # bh # canon # coolscan # dc25 # dc210 # dc240 # dmc # epson # hp # m3096g # microtek # microtek2 # mustek # #mustek_pp # mustek_usb # nec # pie # pint plustek # pnm # qcam # ricoh # s9036 # sharp # sm3600 # snapscan # sp15c # tamarack # umax # umax_pp # v4lYou see, I've uncommented the plustek line. This is so that the system knows that it should look for a plustek scanner.