[sane-devel] No Backends found

Ralph Little skelband at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 05:53:43 BST 2026


You can show us the output of lsusb when it is plugged in.

Cheers,
Ralph


On Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 21:52 Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:

> On 6/24/26 3:45 PM, sane-devel at symme.link wrote:
> > Hi, Joe.
> >
> > I would expect the scanner functions of this device are supported (if
> > they are) via the pixma backend; but it's not explicitly listed as
> > supported by the documentation.
> >
> > What is the USB device ID for this device? You can double-check if it's
> > listed in the documentation
> > (http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-pixma.5.html)
>
> Not listed.
>
>   or the relevant
> > device table in the backend source code, probably
> >
> https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/blob/master/backend/pixma/pixma_mp150.c?ref_type=heads#L1782
> >
>
> same
>
> > I'll note that Canon appears to distribute proprietary Linux drivers for
> > this device, which might be a better option for you in the very short
> > term.
> >
>
> I'll hunt there if needed.  Thanx!
>
>
>
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