Running scanner from a script - getting it to accept input

Environment: Red Hat Linux ES V3, NetWroker V7.3.2 Build 399

I'm writting a script in ksh to verify tapes using scanner. Sometimes the scan of a tape ends with the prompt:

scanner: when next volume is ready, enter device name (or `q' to quit) [/dev/nst0]?

I want to provide the reply from within the script which will always be 'q'.

In ksh you specifiy this with what is known as a 'here document' by using '<<'. The command looks like this:

# /usr/sbin/scanner -s -ni /dev/nst0 <<++EOT++
q
++EOT++

I've used this method many times in other scripts for other applications. With scanner it still prompts me for a response. So it appears scanner it prompting for response in some non-standard way. Anyone deal with this before and know the answer?

Thanks,
Vic