Great to hear it works. Instructions see [1]:
SANE Release PPA description Ubuntu SANE packages from SANE Stable Source (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases). Please send scanner related questions to the SANE mailing list: sane-devel at alioth-lists dot debian dot net. If you need the more recent scanner driver from git, you can use my other PPA: https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git. Adding this PPA to your system You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:rolfbensch/sane-release to your system's Software Sources. (Read about installing) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-release sudo apt-get update - Sedat - [1] https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:59 AM Mike Starr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok I couldn't figure out how to install any packages from Rolf's > repo/site, but it did remind me to check that I do in fact have > sane/xsane packages installed. For some reason I have Simple Scan but > not those two. Installed them and now it works, super-fast and > efficient, color curves, really cool. Glad it's working. Used Synaptic. > > Thanks! > > Mike > > On 5/8/20 10:45 PM, Sedat Dilek wrote: > > On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:38 AM Mike Starr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, just introducing myself. 31 yo California, Mike, Linux Ubuntu Bionic > >> (several years *nix experience). Canon MX-870. > >> > >> Can't for the life of me figure out how to get the scanner on the Canon > >> MX-870 MFS to work. I use Simple Scan and it connects to the printer, > >> but then stops shortly through the scan. > >> > >> Any help is welcome. > >> > >> Thank you and Hello! > >> > > Hello Mike, > > > > did you try one of the PPA of Rolf? > > > > Regards, > > - Sedat - > > > > [0] http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-cvs.html#S-PIXMA > > > PIXMA MX870 > > [1] > > https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=bionic > > [2] > > https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=bionic >
