[sane-devel] Canon MP470 support

[Ashwin]

Hi Nicholas,
Good news! It works. I think the only kink was the order of a few things:
1. compile
2. copy
3. sudo ldconfig --> just in case
4. udev hacks + replug device
5. Try everything else (scanimage -L)

If 3 and 4 are interchanged, I get a "scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument"

I added this to  /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules:
# Canon PIXMA MP470
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1723", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"

Makes sense to push this change upstream.

One problem I notice is that the y-axis offset seems off when I select an area in the preview and then request a full scan of just that area. This is roughly off by 1cm -  so if I have a bounding box on "ubuntu" in the "standard printer test page", the top part of "b" is chopped, so it looks like an "o". This is reproducible but is not a show stopper!

Thanks!
-Ashwin

----- Original Message ----
From: Nicolas <nicolas.martin at freesurf.fr>
To: Ashwin <cybernytrix at yahoo.com>
Cc: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:03:36 PM
Subject: Re: Canon MP470 support





  
  

A test driver for MP470 is ready, you can download it at the following link:



http://www.sendspace.com/file/ogro4h



Use instructions given on this blog to install and test it:



http://mp610.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-sane-scanner-driver-for-canon-mp610.html



Let us know...



Nicolas





Le dimanche 10 février 2008 à 12:48 -0800, Ashwin a écrit :

    here is the code:

    Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04a9:1723 Canon, Inc. 

    

    let me know when the driver is ready. will be better if you can put out a patch, so i can do it via apt-get source.

    

    thanks!

    -Ashwin

    

    



    ----- Original Message ----

    From: Nicolas <nicolas.martin at freesurf.fr>

    To: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org

    Cc: cybernytrix at yahoo.com

    Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2008 8:20:02 AM

    Subject: Canon MP470 support

    

    Being a recent Canon model, we could try to check whether it can be driven by Pixma modified driver for MP610, MP520, and MP210.

    

    Can you provide the USB PID of this all-in one ?

    

    You can get it by a simple:

    

    $ lsusb

    

    I can declare this scanner in the driver, issue the modified version of the driver, and you could give a try to check it.

    

    Instructions on how to install the modified Pixma driver above Sane 1.0.18 are given on this blog:

    

    http://mp610.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-sane-scanner-driver-for-canon-mp610.html

    

    This is for Allan:

    

    Concerning new Sane version and Pixma driver:

    I've ready sitting on my desktop, the patch to add MP610, MP520 and MP210 scanners to patch the pixma files, in the current Sane CVS version. 

    At the moment, compiled and tested successfully with an MP610, on Gutsy and on Mandriva 2007. 

    

    Nicolas

    

    

    Le jeudi 07 février 2008 à 21:02 -0800, Ashwin a écrit : 

    
        Hello,

        I just bought a Canon Pixma MP470 printer+scanner device and I cannot get it to work with sane. The printer part seems to work with the MP150 driver. 

        I can pitch in with some usb scan info, if some one tells me where to find the docs.

        

        -ashwin

        

        

        

        



        

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