Canon Pixma G3501 & *Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: though I CAN print, I CANNOT scan.

[Peter Silva]

uh, yeah, also my Brother MFC9340 scans fine also, installed the drivers
and ran the brsaneconfig one liner,
and it worked perfectly, first try:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SANE/Scanner-specific_problems

I think both posters are right... Brother provides drivers that perhaps are
not used by sane, but
they do supply brsaneconfig configures the SANE drivers.


On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 8:15 AM Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:

> On Sunday 05 April 2020 05:23:53 Brian wrote:
>
> > On Fri 03 Apr 2020 at 07:57:31 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
> > > Hey there,
> > >
> > > Bas Roufs wrote:
> > > >Canon Pixma G3501 & *Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: though I CAN print, I CANNOT
> > > >scan.
> > >
> > > This may or may not be the same for you with your Canon printer, but
> > > my Brother printer does wired or wireless printing, but can only do
> > > wired scanning from my Ubuntu MATE machine. This is definitely a
> > > GNU/Linux driver issue, because the same printer does wireless scans
> > > with no issues from Windows, from an Android tablet, and from my
> > > iPad.
> >
> > SANE does not provide a backend for Brother MFDs. The Android tablet
> > and the iPad do not use SANE but AirScan, which Ubuntu 18.04 can also
> > use. Lack of wireless scanning is not a GNU/Linux driver issue.
>
> Oh? Somebody should tell the MFC-J6920DW on the next desk, xsane runs it
> just fine at up to 11x17. Even the ADF works for the usual sizes, but
> manually on the bed for 11x17. Using brothers linux drivers.
>
> > Additionally, it is probably not the same issue as with the Canon MFD.
> >
> > --
> > Brian.
>
>
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