[sane-devel] Canon ImageCLASS MF4350d, Ubuntu 8.04, scanner not found

[Michael DeBusk]

I bought a Canon ImageCLASS MF4350d yesterday after learning that the
manufacturer has a Linux driver for it. I didn't realize it was only a
PRINTER driver, and that they ignored the scanner.

On my installation of Ubuntu 8.04:

"xsane" returns "no devices available."

"sane-find-scanner" returns:
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon Inc.], product=0x26ee
[MF4320-4350]) at libusb:005:004

"scanimage -L" returns:
No scanners were identified.

"scanimage --version" returns:
scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.19; backend version 1.0.19

A check of sane-backends-1.0.20 shows no support for my scanner. It
appears that sane-backends-1.0.21cvs supports the MF4380dn and the
MF4370dn, both of which share a manual with my MF4350d. Is it possible
that the development version supports my scanner without "realizing" it?

Is there something I can do to assist the developers in adding support
for my scanner? I'm not a programmer, but I follow directions well.

Thank you.

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