[sane-devel] SANE support for PIXMA TS9100 series Multifunction device

[Thierry Huchard]

Le 2020-12-19 05:20, L a écrit :
> Greetings to all, @List.
> 
> I have a PIXMA TS9100 series multifunction device – specifically,
> the TS9160 – which is listed as not yet having been reported to work
> (or not work) via SANE. In this instance, although not quite a
> Schrödinger's cat scenario, SANE does both work and NOT work. Let me
> explain:
> 
> The device is connected via USB to a Desktop machine which multiboots
> Debian 10, and Manjaro (current). SANE functionality works as expected
> on Manjaro but not on Debian – The scanner isn't found either by the
> SANE interface or Simple-Scan.
> 
> Canon's ScanGearMP2, however, works as expected on Debian. The only
> obvious differences are the respective versions between Debian and
> Manjaro installations:
> 
>  Debian:
> 
>  	* Canon ScanGear MP v2 -- 3.50-1 (the ONLY version available from
> Canon)
>  	* SANE: 1.0.14
> 
>  Manjaro
> 
>  	* Canon ScanGear MP v2 -- 3.90-1 (installed from ArchLinux AUR)
> 
> 	* SANE: 1.0.31
> 
> I hope to have the device functioning through the SANE interface on
> Debian, or if ultimately not possible, at least to leave some
> breadcrumbs for those who may follow.
> 
You give us the answer in the question :
Manjaro at version 1.0.31
Debian at version 1.0.14

Your version of sane on debian is very old. You will have to build the 
source binary or update your Debian :).

Thierry
> Thanks in advance to whoever can help with this quest.