[sane-devel] I want to test the Sane backend for Canon Pixma MG3670 Multi-functional Scanner-Printer I have

[Rolf Bensch]

Hi Rajib,

Please follow *all* installation steps described in chapter "Step by
step install on Linux 2.6.* and 3.*" in the file README.linux.

Cheers,
Rolf


Am 10.02.2016 um 06:46 schrieb Susmita/Rajib Bandopadhyay:
> Hello, Sir!
> Hope you won't be irritated of my naivety.
> 
> knoppix at Microknoppix$ scanimage -V
> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22
> 
> Then I did the following after downloading sane-backend from:
> knoppix at Microknoppix$ git clone git://git.debian.org/sane/sane-backends.git
> 
> Then I did:
> knoppix at Microknoppix$ whereis scanimage
> scanimage: /usr/bin/scanimage /usr/bin/X11/scanimage
> /usr/local/bin/scanimage /usr/share/man/man1/scanimage.1.gz
> 
> Then I went inside of the downloaded sane-backend directory and did:
> knoppix at Microknoppix:~/Downloads/sane-backends$ make && sudo make install
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> 
> I repeated and found the same result even in su.
> 
> Although there are makefile.in and makefile.am.
> 
> What do I need to do?
> 
> I hope I am not irritating you.
> 
> Regards,
> Rajib
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 08/02/2016, Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch-online.de> wrote:
>> Hi Rajib,
>>
>> First please check the used Sane version on the command line (in a
>> terminal window):
>> $ scanimage -V
>> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.26git; backend version 1.0.26
>>
>> The shown versions must be minimum 1.0.25. Otherwise you must install
>> Sane from git as described in README.linux:
>> http://www.sane-project.org/docs.html , chapter "Step by step install on
>> Linux 2.6.* and 3.*".
>>
>> If you have a suitable Sane version, you can start scanning via the USB
>> interface with a frontend of your choice: scanimage, xsane, ... Please
>> disable all Ethernet and WiFi connections to your printer/scanner device!!!
>>
>> To get some debug information, please enable this on the command line with:
>> $ export SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=4
>>
>> You may read the man page ($ man sane-pixma) for details.
>>
>> Please also start a gui frontend from the command line (the same
>> terminal window), e.g. xsane:
>> $ xsane
>>
>> Then you'll see the debug output in the terminal window beside the xsane
>> windows.
>>
>> Your scanner should scan pages up to 600dpi out of the box. What's about
>> scanning @ 1200dpi? You may see your image double beside each other.
>>
>> Please report your results.
>>
>> Many thanks for your help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rolf
>>
>>
>> Am 23.01.2016 um 17:00 schrieb Susmita/Rajib Bandopadhyay:
>>> Dear Sirs,
>>>
>>> I have always had a problem with xsane. The only time I had seen xsane
>>> work was with HP multi-functional scanner printer.
>>>
>>> I can volunteer to test the xscane backend for my printer. Information
>>> collected from:
>>> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html
>>>
>>> Tell me how to go about it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Rajib
>>> Mysore
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>