This is interesting- xsane should do the same thing as scanimage or scanadf, which makes me think the issue is timing related.
It would be helpful to get a log at debug level 15 with scanadf and xsane using the same parameters, as compressed attachments. Also, could you drop back to backend version 1.118 (commit 9f6ebc2f3c34a71d7f78b542cb18b652c2f8cb51)? The current version included a large number of changes that I was unable to test with the iX500. We will still do whatever fixes there are in the current version, but I want to see if command order plays a part. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
