I'm confused, I used Xsane for years with a USB MFP scanner. No problems! A bit dated and confusing multi window UI, but okay. Now for some reason I get PNG images with artifacts on this new printer/scanner and searching the Internet gives me no clear directions what to do.
I'm sorry, I tried many things but without success, and could use some help. I have a Canon i-Sensys MF645Cx multifunction printer / scanner connected via my home LAN. Printing worked out-of-the-box, now I wanted to use the scanner.
I installed from the Canon webpage
- UFR II/UFRII LT Printer Driver for Linux V5.10 (printer is not shown on registration, I added the printer and its IP-address for "socket")
- CQue driver "deb"
I played around with ufw firewall rules e.g.
% sudo ufw status
Status: active
To Action From
-- ------ ----
8610/udp ALLOW Anywhere
8612/udp ALLOW Anywhere
8610/udp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
8612/udp (v6) ALLOW Anywhere (v6)
and tried to edit /etc/sane.d/pixma.conf, with either line added
bjnp://192.168.2.100
mfnp://192.168.2.100
but when I start xsane (e.g. with the mfnp line activated), I get
% xsane
[bjnp] udp_command: ERROR - no data received (timeout = 1000)
[bjnp] bjnp_init_device_structure: Cannot read mac address, skipping this scanner
[bjnp] udp_command: ERROR - no data received (timeout = 1000)
[bjnp] add_scanner: ERROR - Cannot read scanner make & model: bjnp://192.168.2.100:8612/timeout=1000
I also tried https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
sudo apt-get update
but that didn't change anything.
I also added myself to the groups scanner and saned according to https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Scanner/#Hardware, without success.
Any ideas how I can get the the scanner working? Thanks a lot!
I'm trying to scan a document with a Epson ET-2750-Scanner using xsane. I always get the errorcode: "Invalid argument".
Printing with the ET-2750 works fine, just scanning doesn't. I've tried connecting it over USB or Wifi, it doesn't make a difference.
xsane finds the printer:
But it can't scan:
What do I do?
Gentlemen,
I am a complete newb after ditching Win 10 for Ubuntu so go easy on me & be clear with your writing points. I joined this site 5 minutes ago specifically to ask this question.
Yes, I've been to the Canon site and downloaded the driver tarballs which I successfully extracted . Now what?
Despite all my best efforts I have no idea how to install the drivers and get the scanner going. I searched all over (including this site), and nobody seems to know a working solution.
Kindly point out in very simple terms how to install and setup the above scanner on the version of Ubuntu given. Imagine I'm totally retarded in your detailed & thorough working "How To" explanation. Much appreciated.
Thanks all,
I very much appreciate all the time and effort spent helping me, a complete stranger.
A lot has changed since I first posted. I did get my device working, although I have no idea how. I worked though all your helpful suggestions and something "clicked".
I moved on to try Mint 20 to give that a whirl. I experienced the same problem there that couldn't be fixed by the methods given. Strange, because I thought Mint is based on Ubuntu?
So, I ditched that in favour of Manjaro KDE where similar issues occurred with my Scanner plus all my Audio is screwed up no matter how I changed the settings according to online help posts. Out of frustration I changed yet again to the Manjaro Gnome variant where everything works fine "out-the-box".
I'm still considering building a system where Debian is alongside Arch and instead of "Distro-Hopping", merely change the settings in Arch or Debian with the tools available to make the unique version tailored to specific need.
Thanks again all. This matter can now be considered closed.
In 18.04, have a networked Brother MFC-J870DW, which works fine in gscan2pdf, Simple Scan & Gimp 2.8. However, Gimp 2.10 can't find it. Meaning, there is no scanner listed when I select File > Create. I suspect I need to point Gimp to xsane. Looking for help to do this. Thanks.