[sane-devel] Canon ImageClass MF644Cdw

[Kip Shaffer]

Thank you Rolf, Olaf & Steve!

When I got home I built Sane from
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends.git

The build went successfully after a bit:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var -- BACKENDS="pixma test"
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo scanimage -V
scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.28-361-g1e2f64dc; backend version 1.0.28

$ sudo scanimage -L
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the.......

$ sudo sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x27fe
[MF642C/643C/644C]) at libusb:002:005

/etc/sane.d/pixma.conf is completely commented out for now.

So find-scanner *could* see the scanner and identify the driver, but
scanimage -L could not find it.



Then I tried to use Rolf's PPA since I am running Ubuntu 18.04 (but I have
to admit I am less familiar with how to use do this)...
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
$ sudo apt-get update

This next command took me a while to figure out.  It is probably obvious to
everyone else, but not to me.
$ sudo apt install libsane-common

$ sudo scanimage -L
device `pixma:04A927FE_f4a997c93d62' is a CANON Canon i-SENSYS MF640 Series
multi-function peripheral

Success!
Thank you so much!  I will start testing the various resolutions and post
my results.

-Kip





On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 3:20 PM Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch-online.de> wrote:

> Hi Kip,
>
> As Olaf mentioned before, your scanner is implemented in stable SANE
> version 1.0.28 (http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html#S-PIXMA),
> but not tested yet.
>
> If you're using Ubuntu or an Ubuntu clone, you can use my ppa to update
> SANE: https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git .
>
> If you have another Linux OS, please install SANE as described in
> INSTALL.linux (http://www.sane-project.org/docs.html).
>
> If your scanner can be found by SANE, please test scanning all dpi
> resolutions and the document feeder with single/multiple pages, single side
> and duplex. Maybe you want to test WiFi support.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Rolf
>
> Am 12.09.19 um 08:52 schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen:
> > Hi Steve, Kip, Rolf, list,
> >
> > Steve McNeil writes:
> >
> >> Hi Kip,
> >>
> >> If you can build from source, I think I can help you.
> >>
> >> I think I can modify the source files for you to test with.
> > You shouldn't have to modify anything in sane-backends-1.0.28.
> >
> > @Rolf> What kind of testing would you like to be done?
> >
> >> Thank you,
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> On 9/5/19 4:00 AM, sane-devel-request at alioth-lists.debian.net wrote:
> >>> Greetings!  Would it be possible to add a Canon ImageClass MF644Cdw to
> the
> >>> Canon Pixma driver?
> >>>
> >>> Here is the info from sane-find-scanner:
> >>>
> >>> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x27fe
> >>> [MF642C/643C/644C]) at libusb:002:003
> >>>
> >>> I am happy to run any testing you desire!
> >>>
> >>> -Kip
> > Hope this helps,
> > --
> > Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2            FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27
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