[sane-devel] Konica Minolta Magicolor 1690MF

Wed Mar 21 20:52:07 UTC 2012

In writing that I tested it on 3 Ubuntu boxes - all 11.10.  One worked
without the reboot, the others didn't.

No messing with permissions on any box.

I don't know why, I assumed that sane was reading the config at start up,
but from your responce I don't think so.

Should I change it to "if it doesn't work, reboot"?

Is their a better solution?

---
Steven Santos
Director
Simply Circus, Inc.
86 Los Angeles Street
Newton, MA 02458

P: 617-527-0667
F: 617-934-1870
E: Steven at SimplyCircus.com

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:16 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It should not be required to reboot the machine. Just restart your
> frontend application. Unless, you had to mess with device permissions
> via udev or hal (or whatever). Those sometimes require a reboot.
>
> allan
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Steven Santos <Steven at simplycircus.com>
> wrote:
> > (first version did not include the usb connection...)
> >
> >
> > I am not a coder, but I hope my notes make it easier for others to get
> this
> > working.  Many thanks to
> > Reinhold Kainhofer for both developing this backend, and for pointing me
> in
> > the right direction for fixing my problem!
> >
> > I am now working on getting saned to work, and export this scanner to
> other
> > clients on the network.  I am specifically hoping that it will work with
> > older versions of SANE (CentOS 6.2 uses version 1.0.21).  If that works,
> I
> > will add those notes to this, as well as adding notes on getting this
> model
> > working with CUPS for both color and black and white printing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HOW-TO: SANE and the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1690MF on Ubuntu
> >
> > Step 1: Ensure that you have at least version 1.0.22 of sane installed
> >
> > If you don't know what version of sane you are running, run this command
> > from a terminal:
> >
> >> scanuser at sane:~$  scanimage -V
> >
> >
> > You should see something like this as a result:
> >
> >> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22
> >
> >
> > (hint: it should already be installed on Ubuntu 11.04 and higher.  If it
> > reads 1.0.21, you do not have the magicolor back end, and need to
> upgrade to
> > a newer version of ubuntu).
> >
> > Step 2: Enable the Magicolor back end
> >
> > Edit the file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf by running the following command:
> >
> >> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
> >
> >
> > Within that file, change the line that reads
> >
> >> #magicolor
> >
> >
> > to
> >
> >> magicolor
> >
> >
> > and save the file.  Note: if the magicolor line does not have a hash #,
> you
> > do not need to edit anything.
> >
> >
> > Step 3: Tell the Magicolor back end where to find the network scanner
> >
> > While sane will try and autodetect the scanner on the network, you will
> > likely need to specify the IP address of the scanner.  To do that, open a
> > terminal and run the command:
> >
> >> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/magicolor.conf
> >
> >
> > After the line that reads
> >
> >> net autodiscovery
> >
> >
> > you need to add a line with the word "net" and IP address of your
> Magicolor
> > 1690MF scanner.  That line should look like this:
> >
> >> net 192.168.0.15
> >
> >
> > (make sure to change the address to match that of your scanner)
> > Now that you have added the IP address of your scanner, save the file.
> >
> >
> > Step 4: Tell the Magicolor back end where to find the USB scanner
> >
> > With the 1690MF plugged into your computer via a USB cable, run the
> command:
> >
> >
> >> sane-find-scanner
> >
> >
> > the output of that command will look something like this:
> >
> >>   # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
> >>   # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
> >>   # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
> >>
> >>   # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make
> sure
> >> that
> >>   # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
> >>
> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x132b [KONICA MINOLTA], product=0x2089
> [KONICA
> >> MINOLTA magicolor 1690MF scan]) at libusb:001:003
> >>   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> >> supported by
> >>   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> >>
> >>   # Not checking for parallel port scanners.
> >>
> >>   # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary
> >> ports
> >>   # can't be detected by this program.
> >
> >
> > You can ignore everything that starts with a hash tag, but the important
> > part is this line:
> >
> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x132b [KONICA MINOLTA], product=0x2089
> [KONICA
> >> MINOLTA magicolor 1690MF scan]) at libusb:001:003
> >
> >
> > We need to add those two values to the Magicolor back end.  to do that,
> fire
> > up gedit as root:
> >
> >> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/magicolor.conf
> >
> >
> > Find the line that reads:
> >
> >> usb
> >
> >
> > and after it  add a line with the word "usb" followed by the vendor
> number
> > and the product number.  That line should look like this:
> >
> >> usb 0x132b 0x2089
> >
> >
> > After you have added that line, save the file.
> >
> > Step 5: Reboot the machine
> >
> >
> > Next, reboot the machine (devs, can we get sane to reread the changes
> > without restarting the box?  If so, what is the command?)
> >
> >
> > Step 6: Test your new scanner
> >
> >
> > After the reboot, open a terminal window and run the command
> >
> >> xsane
> >
> >
> > You should now have a working interface to your  Konica Minolta Magicolor
> > 1690MF.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Steven Santos
> > Director
> > Simply Circus, Inc.
> > 86 Los Angeles Street
> > Newton, MA 02458
> >
> > P: 617-527-0667
> > F: 617-934-1870
> > E: Steven at SimplyCircus.com
> >
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