[sane-devel] Scanning with Epson WF-4820, USB-connected.

[Ralph Little]

Hi,

On 2022-12-22 16:51, G.W. Haywood via sane-devel wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Steven Santos wrote:
>
>> Have you tried the escl back ends?
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> No - I've never heard of them.  As you've probably deduced I'm no SANE
> expert, I've just tinkered occasionally to get a scanner working when
> it's been necessary.
>
> If you think it's worth a shot I'll give them a try.  As you've used
> the plural I guess there are at least two of them, can you recommend
> one for use with the WF-4820 scanner?
>
sane-escl may work if you are connected via Wifi or Ethernet. I think 
this has been the experience of people of the more recent Canon MFPs.
I believe that the USB connection should still be using pixma protocols 
via the pixma backend.

Cheers,
Ralph