lsusb detected the scanner but scanner is not supported by SANE.

usr@homepc ~ $ lsusb | grep Scanner
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 05da:30d9 Microtek International, Inc. USB2400 Scanner

Could not use Scanner in Linux Mint at all

Use Virtualbox on Mint11 hosting WinXp as guest. Well, it was quite unexpected that this should work.
Yes, I still have to rely on WinXp for a couple of things, however, Linux Mint has become my Main OS. Goodbye to dual boot into WinXP.
What I did:
i) lsusb to check that scanner is "detected" in Linux Mint.
--> guess that is why it could "pass it" to Virtualbox.
ii) install Virtualbox 4 - am using the non OSE version from Oracle Virtualbox repo. Not sure if the OSE version works?
iii) install WinXp as guest in Virtualbox :( couldn't kill the beast yet. :) wait til I get a new scanner :).
iv) install the "Microtek ScanWizard 5"
Done! Enjoy scanning in Linux Mint virtualbox.

Tried Wine w/o success.
Wonder if a "sub-part" of virtualbox could be implemented into Wine??
Anyway old scanners and VCDs would be gone tomorrow. Just make sure to buy hardware that support Linux in the future.

---> update: 20111229@16:27 (GMT+8)
Found this link but have not tried:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckIfScannerIsClone