Re: Setting up the scanner

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:19:43 +0200, steef wrote:

> Camaleón wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:34:08 +0200, steef wrote:
>>
>> (...)
>>
>>>   # Canon PIXMA MP280
>>>   ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1746", MODE="0666",
>>>   GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Looks right.
>>
>> Also ensure that your user pertains to the "scanner" group (id).
>>
>>> well....... i put the MP280 line in the /lib/udev/rules.d/60-.../&&
>>> yet the machine did not appear in xsane. what did i do wrong? (that is
>>> what i meant by 'it did not work out well')
> 
> that is to say: xsane does not do the job up till now. but, as a
> stubborn friesian, i will not give up.

And you shouldn't give up! :-)

Here is a list of the supported devices by SANE:

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON

Yours is not listed (still) but being very similar to mp270 I think it 
could be just a matter of time it is added as supported. You can ask for 
the current status of this scanner at the SANE devel/user mailing list.

>> Errr... steef, you have to test with the Canon scanning software
>> ("scangearmp").
> 
> i did that and the scanner is working like a charm. sorry. i should have
> told you that. the point is: i could not stand *not*  to get xsane
> working

(...)

Ah, yes, that's what I would have expected. Remember you are using a 
Canon (-ahem- which is not a linux-friendly manufacturer -ahem-) device, 
you can consider yourself lucky that it's even working ;-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón