[sane-devel] How to submit new scanner backend code

[Rolf Bensch]

Hi Bruce,


Am 21.01.2012 16:11, schrieb Bruce Karsh:
> Thanks for adding this printer.
>
> I tried it and it works. I have a couple of comments about the doc.
>
> 1. Canon sells this device as the Canon 882, but it reports itself as
> an 880. (880 probably refers to a family of simialr printer models,
> not a specific model).  Someone who just bought one wouldn't
> necessarily know that. So is there a way for the docs to also mention
> 882?

Then we should name this scanner as it is: MX882. Please try the 
attached patch.

If everything works, I also can change the doc files and commit this 
change to git.

>
> 2. In pixma.desc it says ADF empty buggy. For the record, I can
> confirm that it is still buggy. I tried scanning using the ADF with
> the ADF empty and xsane threw up error dialogs. Adding documents
> didn't help. Turning the printer off then on didn't help. When I
> restarted xsane, it could no longer contact the printer. What worked
> was to unplug the printer, plug it back in, then start xsane. I ran
> strace to try to diagnose the problem. Strace showed that xsane could
> not connect to port 8612 on the printer. I'm guessing that this is the
> same bug as in PIXMA_870, not something newly introduced.
>

Please report this to the bug tracker.

Cheers,
Rolf
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