[sane-devel] Canon TR4529 (PIXMA TR4500 Series)

Rolf Bensch rolf at bensch-online.de
Sun Feb 23 14:29:01 GMT 2020


Hi Jean-Marc,

With my patch please also test scanning from ADF and send me a logfile.

For ADF scans I prefer gscan2pdf:
$ SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11 gscan2pdf 2> tr4500-adf.log

These tests are for the pixma backend using USB connection.

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Rolf


Am 23.02.20 um 15:18 schrieb Rolf Bensch:
> Hi,
>
> Installation is described in INSTALL.linux, which comes with the source
> files (or read here: http://www.sane-project.org/docs.html). Please give
> me a short note if anything is missing there.
>
> You can reduce build time by selecting the desired backends, e.g. for
> escl and pixma:
> $ ./configure --enable-avahi BACKENDS="escl pixma"
>
> Due to a bug you need to manually enable avahi for escl.
>
> I prefer using xsane as frontend. If you still want to use scanimage,
> here are some examples for simple usage:
> $ scanimage --help
> $ scanimage > image.pnm
> $ scanimage --resolution 300 --format=jpeg > image.jpg
>
> Redirecting debug info to a file:
> $ SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11 scanimage 2> scan.log > image.pnm
> $ SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA=11 xsane 2> scan.log
> Please have a look at the man pages if you want to see debug infos from
> other backends than pixma.
>
> Please try my previously provided patch for the pixma backend and test
> scanning 1200 dpi images. To do this you should connect your scanner on USB.
>
> escl is a concurrent backend providing AirScan/eSCL network protocol.
> For older Canon scanners you can still use pixma backend with BJNP and
> MFNP protocol support. For new scanners Canon switched to AirScan/eSCL
> protocol and for these scanners you need escl backend.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Rolf
>
>
> Am 21.02.20 um 22:58 schrieb Jean-Marc Spaggiari:
>> @Alexander Thanks. I was able to install it.  How do I try it?
>> @Thierry Do I download and build this new branch? Does it includes the
>> patch that Rolf send before?
>>
>> Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 16:53, Thierry HUCAHRD <thierry at ordissimo.com
>> <mailto:thierry at ordissimo.com>> a écrit :
>>
>>     Le 2020-02-21 22:32, Jean-Marc Spaggiari a écrit :
>>     > Let me know if you want a SSH access to a machine with scanner
>>     > access...
>>     I fixed the geometry bp.
>>     https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/tree/escl-load-conf-segfault
>>     >
>>     > Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 16:23, Thierry HUCAHRD
>>     > <thierry at ordissimo.com <mailto:thierry at ordissimo.com>> a écrit :
>>     >
>>     >> Le 2020-02-21 21:54, Jean-Marc Spaggiari a écrit :
>>     >>> Interestingly, I don't see the input option anymore :-/ This will
>>     >>> drive me crazy ;)
>>     >>
>>     >> This is not normal, by default it shouldn't be 0.
>>     >> I'll correct it, but I have to reproduce it.
>>     >>
>>     >> scanimage: rounded value of br-x from 0 to 0
>>     >> scanimage: rounded value of br-y from 0 to 0
>>     >>
>>     >>>
>>     >>> ./frontend/scanimage -d 'escl:http://192.168.23.130:80'
>>     >> --all-options
>>     >>> Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
>>     >>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>> scanimage: rounded value of br-x from 0 to 0
>>     >>> scanimage: rounded value of br-y from 0 to 0
>>     >>>
>>     >>> All options specific to device `escl:http://192.168.23.130:80':
>>     >>> Scan mode:
>>     >>> --mode Gray|Color [Gray]
>>     >>> Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart, monochrome, or
>>     >> color).
>>     >>> --resolution 75|100|150|200|300|600dpi [75]
>>     >>> Sets the resolution of the scanned image.
>>     >>> --preview[=(yes|no)] [no]
>>     >>> Request a preview-quality scan.
>>     >>> --preview-in-gray[=(yes|no)] [no]
>>     >>> Request that all previews are done in monochrome mode.  On
>>     >> a
>>     >>> three-pass scanner this cuts down the number of passes to
>>     >> one
>>     >>> and on a
>>     >>> one-pass scanner, it reduces the memory requirements and
>>     >>> scan-time of
>>     >>> the preview.
>>     >>> Geometry:
>>     >>> -l 0.0846558..215.9mm [0]
>>     >>> Top-left x position of scan area.
>>     >>> -t 0.0846558..297.011mm [0]
>>     >>> Top-left y position of scan area.
>>     >>> -x 0.0846558..215.9mm [0]
>>     >>> Width of scan-area.
>>     >>> -y 0.0846558..297.011mm [0]
>>     >>> Height of scan-area.
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 15:43, Jean-Marc Spaggiari
>>     >>> <jean-marc at spaggiari.org <mailto:jean-marc at spaggiari.org>> a écrit :
>>     >>>
>>     >>>> So I can delete my sane-escl folder?
>>     >>>>
>>     >>>> Here is the output for both default debian installed and locally
>>     >>>> build:
>>     >>>> (base) jmspaggi at precision5530:~/backends$ scanimage -d
>>     >>>> 'escl:http://192.168.23.130:80' -x 215 -y 296 -T
>>     >>>> Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
>>     >>>> scanimage: scanning image of size 637x877 pixels at 24 bits/pixel
>>     >>>> scanimage: acquiring RGB frame, 8 bits/sample
>>     >>>> scanimage: reading one scanline, 1911 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: reading one byte... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 2 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 4 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 8 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 16 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 32 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 64 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 128 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 256 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 512 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 1024 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 2048 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 2047 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 1023 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 511 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 255 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 127 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 63 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 31 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 15 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 7 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 3 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>>
>>     >>>> (base) jmspaggi at precision5530:~/backends$ ./frontend/scanimage -d
>>     >>>> 'escl:http://192.168.23.130:80' -x 215 -y 296 -T
>>     >>>> Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
>>     >>>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>>> Capability : [image/jpeg]
>>     >>>> scanimage: rounded value of br-x from 215 to 215
>>     >>>> scanimage: rounded value of br-y from 296 to 296
>>     >>>> scanimage: scanning image of size 634x874 pixels at 24 bits/pixel
>>     >>>> scanimage: acquiring RGB frame, 8 bits/sample
>>     >>>> scanimage: reading one scanline, 1902 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: reading one byte... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 2 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 4 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 8 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 16 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 32 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 64 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 128 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 256 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 512 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 1024 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 2048 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 2047 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 1023 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 511 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 255 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 127 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 63 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 31 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 15 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 7 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>> scanimage: stepped read, 3 bytes... PASS
>>     >>>>
>>     >>>> Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 15:40, Thierry HUCAHRD
>>     >>>> <thierry at ordissimo.com <mailto:thierry at ordissimo.com>> a écrit :
>>     >>>>
>>     >>>>> Le 2020-02-21 21:28, Jean-Marc Spaggiari a écrit :
>>     >>>>>> @Till: indeed. I had to install the autoconf-archive. It solved
>>     >>>>> the
>>     >>>>>> issue. Thanks for the guidance.
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>>> @Thierry:
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>>> (base) jmspaggi at precision5530:~/backends$ sudo
>>     >>>>> ./frontend/scanimage -L
>>     >>>>>> device `pixma:04A91854_13B71E' is a CANON Canon PIXMA TR4500
>>     >>>>> Series
>>     >>>>>> multi-function peripheral
>>     >>>>>> (base) jmspaggi at precision5530:~/backends$ sudo
>>     >>>>> ./frontend/scanimage -d
>>     >>>>>> 'escl:http://192.168.23.130:80'  -T
>>     >>>>>> Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
>>     >>>>>> scanimage: open of device escl:http://192.168.23.130:80 failed:
>>     >>>>> Device
>>     >>>>>> busy
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>>> So I un-plugged the 2 printers, stopped the 2 and restarted
>>     >> only
>>     >>>>> the
>>     >>>>>> Canon. I can heat the printer moving but I get the same error:
>>     >>>>>> scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>>> please note that I do that on my "backends" folder, which I got
>>     >>>>> from
>>     >>>>>> that: git clone https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends.gitI
>>     >>>>> also
>>     >>>>>> have a sane-escl folder which I got from the link you sent
>>     >>>>> before but
>>     >>>>>> there is no "scanimage" there.
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>> sane-escl is archived
>>     >>>>> Please test this :
>>     >>>>> $ scanimage -d 'escl:http://192.168.23.130:80' -x 215 -y 296 -T
>>     >>>>>> JMS
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>>> Le ven. 21 févr. 2020 à 15:16, Till Kamppeter
>>     >>>>>> <till.kamppeter at gmail.com <mailto:till.kamppeter at gmail.com>>
>>     a écrit :
>>     >>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>> On 21/02/2020 20:26, Jean-Marc Spaggiari wrote:
>>     >>>>>>>> So.
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> I have cloned the backend repo:
>>     >>>>>>>> git clone https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends.git
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> Applied the patch (Changed 1200 to 600 and added the last
>>     >>>>> param).
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> And now I'm trying to follow the instructions there:
>>     >>>>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompileSaneFromSource
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> running ./autogen.sh failes right from the beginning :( I
>>     >>>>> prints
>>     >>>>>>>> thousands of lines "patch: **** Can't create file
>>     >>>>> ./ltmain.sh.orig
>>     >>>>>>> : Too
>>     >>>>>>>> many open files" I increased my limit to 10k files, but I'm
>>     >>>>>>> getting the
>>     >>>>>>>> exact same error. I tried to checkout the 1.0.29 but got the
>>     >>>>> same
>>     >>>>>>> error.
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> after investigations it seems coming from the lack of
>>     >>>>> autopoint.
>>     >>>>>>> apt-get
>>     >>>>>>>> install solved it.
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> I tried to run configure with this command:
>>     >>>>>>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/
>>     >> --sysconfdir=/etc
>>     >>>>>>>> --localstatedir=/var  --enable-avahi
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>> But it failed:
>>     >>>>>>>> ./configure: line 14868: syntax error near unexpected token
>>     >>>>>>> `noext,'
>>     >>>>>>>> ./configure: line 14868: `AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11(noext,
>>     >>>>>>> optional)'
>>     >>>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>> If you are on Ubuntu, you need to install the
>>     >>>>> "autoconf-archive"
>>     >>>>>>> package.
>>     >>>>>>>
>>     >>>>>>> Till
>>



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