[sane-devel] Xsane (canon MG6450)

[lovrolu]

Hello Rolf,

> Your scanner wasn't fully supported by the backend version 1.0.24. 
> 1200dpi scans don't work.
Aha, this is what I wanted to know. Does it work in 1.0.25? If not, any
plans for when the support will be added?

> Everthing else should work with scans up to 600 dpi. Please test all 
> options with your favourite frontend. I prefer xsane.
I will do that and report back if I find anything unusual. I have
tinkered with the settings a bit and it all seems be working fine.

> If you might get problems with 1.0.24, you won't get around to 
> install Sane 1.0.25 from git.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "you won't get around to install".
Was it a typo or did I misunderstand?

> The brightness of the scan result depends on the scan settings. 
> Please try the sliders in xsane and watch the results in the preview
>  window.
Yup, I've just done this the other day and everything appears to work!

Lovro

On 09/23/2015 05:18 PM, Rolf Bensch wrote:
> Hi Lovro,
> 
> Your scanner wasn't fully supported by the backend version 1.0.24. 
> 1200dpi scans don't work.
> 
> Everthing else should work with scans up to 600 dpi. Please test all 
> options with your favourite frontend. I prefer xsane.
> 
> If you might get problems with 1.0.24, you won't get around to 
> install Sane 1.0.25 from git.
> 
> The brightness of the scan result depends on the scan settings. 
> Please try the sliders in xsane and watch the results in the preview
>  window.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers, Rolf
> 
> Am 19.09.2015 um 21:45 schrieb lovrolu:
>> I have already installed SANE (through my distribution's package 
>> manager) and confirmed that it works with my scanner. I'm on Fedora
>> 22 running GNU/Linux, kernel release 4.1.6-201.fc22.x86_64.
>> 
>> Running `scanimage -V` from the shell returns
>> 
>> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.24; backend version 1.0.24
>> 
>> I'm not sure but I think the git version of SANE is 1.0.25. Since 
>> 1.0.24 works just fine (from the tests I've done -- the reason I 
>> would like to help out is to confirm that it *fully* works as 
>> expected on 1.0.24) I'm not sure if upgrading to 1.0.25 is 
>> worthwhile, at least currently.
>> 
>> I have also installed the official driver from Canon. Scans 
>> produced using Canon's driver are a bit brighter but this is 
>> probably just to different default settings. Since it was just a 
>> quick test I didn't bother too much customizing the brightness 
>> level but I might do that if required.
>> 
>> Anyway, I wanted to know if there's a test suite that SANE offers 
>> that I could run or some kind of a procedure I could go through to
>>  verify that SANE *fully* works as expected with my scanner (and 
>> with this particular version of SANE I have)?
>> 
>> If you think I should use the latest version of SANE I can probably
>> do that but most likely not right away. However, I would like to
>> try out 1.0.24 first, if possible.
>> 
>> Have a nice day, Lovro
>> 
>>> Hi Lovro,
>>> 
>>> The MG6400 Series scanner is supported by the git version of 
>>> Sane: 
>>> http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-cvs.html#S-PIXMA
>>>  .
>>> 
>>> You can check the latest code with your scanner. Please install 
>>> Sane from git as described in README.linux: 
>>> http://www.sane-project.org/docs.html .
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for your help.
>>> 
>>> Cheers, Rolf
>>> 
>>> Am 18.09.2015 um 22:55 schrieb lovrolu:
>>>> Since quite some time has passed and it looks like OP either 
>>>> gave up or had some difficulties, I thought I would chime in 
>>>> and help out since I just got mine today.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html#S-PIXMA lists 
>>>> PIXMA MG6450's status as "untested". I would like to resolve 
>>>> this. Could someone point me in the right direction? What am I
>>>>  to do as a tester?
>>>> 
>>>> Lovro