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

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Hi,

Thierry Huchard writes:

> 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

That is very likely to be the sane-frontends version which hasn't
changed in ages.  The sane-backends version, check libsane, is probably
1.0.27 (buster, 10) or 1.0.24 (stretch, 9).  See

  https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane

> 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.

Hope this helps,
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