[sane-devel] Canon TS8000 series PIXMA

[Rolf Bensch]

Hi Martin,

Please create 2 logfiles from a terminal, one with failed start and
another with your workaround:

$ SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11 xsane &> xsane.log

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Rolf


Am 29.07.19 um 23:32 schrieb Martin Gubser:
> Hi Rolf
> 
> On Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, Version 3.8.9 my TS8050 does not initialize properly.
> 
> When I start XSANE from within Gimp the error message "device busy" is displayed.
> 
> Starting XSANE from the menu results in the error message "Fehler beim Öffnen des Gerätes "pixma:04A91800_12F863": Ungültiges Argument.
> 
> I have found the following work-around:
> - switch off the TS8050
> - perform "scanimage -T" in a command window. Result: "no Sane devices found"
> - switch on the TS8050
> - perform "scanimage -T" again. Sometimes the steps from "switch off the TS8050" to here have to be repeated.
> - Start XSANE again from the menu.
> - Now I can also start XSANE from within Gimp.
> 
> I have quite a fast computer and a race condition or other timing problem could well be the cause.
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin 
> 
> 
> Am 29.07.19 um 22:37 schrieb Rolf Bensch:
> 
>> Hi Timothy,
>>
>> Many thanks for your report. I just updated the doc files.
>>
>> One last question: Have you also tried scanner access via WiFi? I
>> suppose it's not working like other PIXMA TS scanners.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rolf
>>
>>
>> Am 22.07.19 um 21:32 schrieb Timothy D. Upton:
>>> Hi Rolf,
>>> I just got a chance to thoroughly test the operation of my Canon TS8220
>>> printer/scanner running under SANE.  I tried scanning using all possible
>>> resolutions and options, everything appears to work perfectly.
>>> Thanks for supporting the Linux community,
>>> Tim.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 5:18 AM Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch-online.de
>>> <mailto:rolf at bensch-online.de>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi,
>>>
>>>     I would follow the install instructions from INSTALL.linux which comes
>>>     with the sources or from here: http://www.sane-project.org/docs.html
>>>
>>>     @Tim: Is high resolution scan (1200 dpi) and are all other options
>>>     working? I would like to update scanners status page here:
>>>     http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-cvs.html#S-PIXMA
>>>
>>>     Many thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>     Cheers,
>>>     Rolf
>>>
>>>
>>>     Am 29.05.19 um 04:30 schrieb Timothy D. Upton:
>>>     > Hi all,
>>>     >
>>>     > I have a Canon TS8220 printer/scanner.  It seems to work perfectly
>>>     > (with e.g., Simple Scan) using the latest development release of
>>>     > SANE.  The stable release did NOT work.
>>>     >
>>>     > I followed the install instructions described here:
>>>     >
>>>     https://askubuntu.com/questions/641261/how-can-i-link-my-canon-mg5650-scanner-to-ubuntu
>>>     >
>>>     > Or simply:
>>>     > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
>>>     > sudo apt-get update
>>>     > sudo apt-get upgrade
>>>     >
>>>     > Thanks for all your efforts!
>>>     > Tim Upton.
>>>     >
>>>