[sane-devel] Canon Pixma MP230

Rolf Bensch rolf at bensch-online.de
Wed Sep 11 20:32:12 UTC 2013


Hi Marc,

Please follow the installation description in README.Linux from here:
http://www.sane-project.org/README.linux. Then you'll get latest SANE
code 1.0.24 which supports MP230.

Cheers,
Rolf


Am 11.09.2013 20:42, schrieb Marc Marí:
> I forgot about the udev rules. I can't find the file in the original
> source, so I suppose is automatically generated somewhere. In any case,
> I only added this lines in libsane.rules:
> # Canon PIXMA MP230
> ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="175f", MODE="0664",
> GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
> 
> 
> 2013/9/11 Marc Marí <5.markmb.5 at gmail.com <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com>>
> 
>     I can scan properly with all resolutions (75, 150, 300 and 600). If,
>     while scanning I press the "cancel" button, it cancels properly in
>     xsane. The data related to buttons with scanimage -A is (there's
>     info about Scan Mode, Geometry, Gamma and Extras too):
>     Buttons:
>         --button-update
>             Update button state
>         --button-1 <int> [0]
>             Button 1
>         --button-2 <int> [0]
>             Button 2
> 
>     With debug mode 11, there's no extra information.
> 
>     I think that the diff format is the one that I attach.
> 
>     Anything else you need, about commands or testing or something, tell me.
> 
> 
>     2013/9/11 Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch-online.de
>     <mailto:rolf at bensch-online.de>>
> 
>         Hi Marc,
> 
>         Please test all scan options with all resolutions first. I
>         assume that
>         SANE can only support up to 600 dpi.
> 
>         Also test button support. Press any button and send a status
>         request to
>         the scanner: 'scanimage -A'. The response should contain
>         something like
>         this:
> 
>           Buttons:
>             --button-update
>                 Update button state
>             --button-1 <int> [0] [read-only]
>                 Button 1
>             --button-2 <int> [1] [read-only]
>                 Button 2
>             --original <int> [0] [read-only]
>                 Type of original to scan
>             --target <int> [5] [read-only]
>                 Target operation type
>             --scan-resolution <int> [0] [read-only]
>                 Scan resolution
> 
>         If no data will be shown, please enable debut output with: 'export
>         SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11'. Then look for these lines:
> 
>           Buttons:
>             --button-update
>                 Update button state
>         [pixma] INTR T=1.663 len=32
>         [pixma]  00000000:00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>         [pixma]  00000010:00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>         [pixma]
> 
>         (Shown data is from my scanner and may be different from your
>         scanner's
>         data.)
> 
>         The received data is processed in function handle_interrupt(). For
>         details please read the comments in the code and 'man
>         sane-pixma'. If
>         you'll have problems with this, you can also send the responses
>         for all
>         buttons to the mailing list. Then I can create the patch.
> 
>         Then you can send the diff file to the mailing list. I'll commit
>         it to
>         SANE git.
> 
>         Cheers,
>         Rolf
> 
> 
>         Am 10.09.2013 23:57, schrieb Marc Marí:
>         > The root problem is solved. I didn't put the scanner on udev
>         rules.
>         >
>         > So now, how should I proceed to insert this scanner in sane
>         scanner
>         > database? What tests should I perform, how should I add it to
>         the global
>         > scanner list, etc. I'd like to contribute with this very small
>         patch.
>         >
>         >
>         > 2013/9/10 Marc Marí <5.markmb.5 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com> <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com>>>
>         >
>         >     It works!!
>         >
>         >     I just compiled and installed, and it seems to work, but
>         only on
>         >     root mode:
>         >     sudo xsane -> works, detects and seems to scan properly
>         >     xsane -> [pixma] pixma_open(): Canon PIXMA MP230
>         >                   [pixma] pixma_connect() failed EACCES
>         >                   [pixma] pixma_open() failed EACCES
>         >                   [pixma] pixma_close(): Canon PIXMA MP230
>         >
>         >     Do you have any idea of misconfiguration of my part, or I
>         only found
>         >     a half solution?
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >     2013/9/10 Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch-online.de
>         <mailto:rolf at bensch-online.de>
>         >     <mailto:rolf at bensch-online.de <mailto:rolf at bensch-online.de>>>
>         >
>         >         Hi Marc,
>         >
>         >         You need to compile and install SANE if you change
>         something in
>         >         the code. The installation is described in
>         README.linux, which
>         >         comes with the code or read here:
>         >         http://www.sane-project.org/README.linux.
>         >
>         >         Additional to the install description you need to add your
>         >         scanner to the udev.rules file.
>         >
>         >         You don't need to set PIXMA_EXPERIMENT=1.
>         >
>         >         If you want to see the debug output you need to set
>         'export
>         >         SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=4' and start xsane from the command line.
>         >         'export SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11' is useful if you want to
>         see the
>         >         usb protocols.
>         >
>         >         Don't hestitate to contact me if you have any problems.
>         >
>         >         Cheers,
>         >         Rolf
>         >
>         >
>         >         Am 09.09.2013 23:15, schrieb Marc Marí:
>         >>         I looked at the code, and I found the MP250
>         definitions. I
>         >>         copied those lines, and changed the product_id to
>         MP230, with
>         >>         everything the same. Now, is there a way to generate the
>         >>         libraries without downloading and compiling everything? I
>         >>         suppose that, generating and replacing this files
>         >>         /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/{libsane-pixma.la
>         <http://libsane-pixma.la>
>         >>        
>         <http://libsane-pixma.la>,libsane-pixma.so.1,libsane-pixma.so.1.0.22}
>         >>         should be enough to test the compatibility between
>         250 and 230?
>         >>
>         >>         Help me a bit! I'm not new to code and Linux, but I'm
>         new to
>         >>         big Linux open-source codes.
>         >>
>         >>         Thank you in advance
>         >>
>         >>
>         >>         2013/9/9 Marc Marí <5.markmb.5 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com>
>         >>         <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:5.markmb.5 at gmail.com>>>
>         >>
>         >>             Hello everyone
>         >>
>         >>             I just bought a Canon Pixma MP230. Unfortunately,
>         there is
>         >>             no good support. I tried the native drivers, and it
>         >>             printed properly but not scanned. So I looked for
>         other
>         >>             solutions.
>         >>
>         >>             I found that the MP250 driver is compatible for
>         the MP230.
>         >>             I removed the propietary drivers, and I tried
>         configuring
>         >>             CUPS with that driver. And it worked. Now, I'm
>         wondering
>         >>             how can I force to load the MP250 driver.
>         >>
>         >>             So, my question is: how can I force loading the MP250
>         >>             driver for using with MP250 in sane?
>         >>
>         >>             I have Crunchbang Waldorf (based on Debian 7), kernel
>         >>             3.2.0-4 and 64 bits. I enabled the debug mode with
>         >>             SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11 and PIXMA_EXPERIMENT=1, and I use
>         >>             xsane 0.996
>         >>
>         >>             Thank you in advance
>         >>
>         >>
>         >
>         >
>         >
> 
> 
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