I Have the same problem. My scanner is a Canon ImageRUNNER C1028iF (copy, printer, fax. scanner ). Printer and fax work but I can not get the scanner working.
Can anyone help me to get this box working under UBUNTU or KUBUBTU 11.10? Thank you for your help Ulrich Schachenmayr ulrich at schachenmayr.net ------------------------------------------------------------- 2012/3/15 Alejandro Imass <ait at p2ee.org>: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Benjamin Baker > <benjamin at wimmerahills.com.au> wrote: >> Unfortunately I have misread the supported scanners lists and purchased an >> unsupported device. >> >> It is a Canon DR2020U. >> >> I run Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid). >> >> I would be very happy indeed to hear that somebody is working on the >> canon_dr backend to support this device. ?Otherwise I'll just have to bribe >> somebody - or do it myself. >> > > I tried the do it myself path with one of these machines and it was a > lot better to hire an expert here. Some parts of Sane are easy but > when you get down to the motor control, sensors, etc. you need to have > the experience to quickly recognize these patterns or you're gonna > spend _a lot_ of time and trial and error and the risk of ruining your > machine. These ADF devices are a lot more complex than your average > flatbed.... > > The main problem will be the access to the machine for the person > helping you develop this, and you will probably have to help and give > remote access to your machine, etc. You may need a Windows machine and > the original drivers so you can capture some examples of traffic > between the pc and the device to get the work started. > > Best, > > -- > Alejandro Imass > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org
