[sane-devel] Canon PIXMA MG6400 Series

[Rolf Bensch]

Hi Chris,

I just updated the source files in SANE's git repository.

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Rolf

Am 17.02.2015 um 18:08 schrieb Christian Spielberger:
> On Mon 16.02.15  20:15, Rolf Bensch wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Attached patch should fix your issue. The patch fixes this file:
>> backend/pixma_mp150.c.
>>
>> Please also test the USB connection without WiFi connected.
>>
>> After your positive feedback I'll update the sources in SANE's git
>> repository.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rolf
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 16.02.2015 um 19:44 schrieb Christian Spielberger:
>>> On Mon 16.02.15  14:29, Guillaume Courtois wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> today I activated my brand new Canon PIXMA MG6450 printer/scanner.
>>>>> In the SANE
>>>>> table for supported devices the device is listed as "Untested":
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> PIXMA MG6400 Series     USB     0x04a9/0x1770   Untested
>>>>> Testers needed!
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I built and installed the sane-backends project. It worked like a
>>>>> charm for my
>>>>> device which is connected by wifi. The scanned image looks quite
>>>>> good. The
>>>>> colors are correct. Resolutions up to 600dpi are working. With
>>>>> 1200dpi there are
>>>>> "column oriented" artefacts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Configuration on printer: Normal configuration process, then
>>>>> - wifi config (dhcp)
>>>>> - set hostname (to "canon") through the printers display menu
>>>>>
>>>>> Configuration on system (Ubuntu trusty):
>>>>> To /etc/sane.d/pixma.conf added line:
>>>>> bjnp://canon.local
>>>>>
>>>>> Building sane-backends (default):
>>>>>
>>>>> ./configure
>>>>> make
>>>>> sudo make install
>>>>>
>>>>> $ scanimage -L
>>>>> device `pixma:MG6400_canon.local' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MG6400 Series
>>>>> multi-function peripheral
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you need more informations?
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Chris.
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can you send us a picture of the scan at 1200 dpi ?
>>>> Did you try higher resolutions ?
>>>>
>>>> You may have the same kind of problem I had with my Canon MP990 (and
>>>> which I solved, I have to send the patch for that BTW !)
>>>>
>>>> Bye.
>>>>
>>>> Le 14/02/2015 22:46, Christian Spielberger a écrit :
>>> Hi Guillaume,
>>> I reordered your reply to bottom posting. Thought, this is common in web 
>>> forums, resp. mailing lists.
>>>
>>> The images are very large in disk space. They can be downloaded from:
>>> - image as it should look like, scanned with 75dpi
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69356214/nypd-75dpi.png
>>> - image scanned with 1200dpi
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69356214/nypd-1200dpi-onA5.png
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
>> --- ./pixma_mp150.c	2015-02-16 19:57:59.430742217 +0100
>> +++ ../sane-backends/backend/pixma_mp150.c	2015-02-16 19:58:46.983176453 +0100
>> @@ -1149,6 +1149,7 @@
>>                && s->cfg->pid != MG5300_PID
>>                && s->cfg->pid != MG5500_PID
>>                && s->cfg->pid != MG6300_PID
>> +              && s->cfg->pid != MG6400_PID
>>                && s->cfg->pid != MG7100_PID)
>>                reorder_pixels (mp->linebuf, sptr, c, n, m, s->param->wx, line_size);
>>            
> 
> 
> Hi Rolf Bench,
> 
> I tried the patch and it works. Sorry, currently I have no time to test it with
> USB cable. Only Wifi.
> 
> See:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69356214/nypd-1200dpi-patched.png
> 
> Attached git generated patch.
> 
> regards,
> chris.
> 
>