On Feb 10, 2008 10:28 PM, nicols <nicolas.martin at freesurf.fr> wrote: > > Could you try the following Pixma package. Download it from sendspace.com at > the following link: > > http://www.sendspace.com/file/ogro4h http://www.sendspace.com/file/ogro4h
Hello and thanks. Whew, I had just downloaded the sourceforge package... > And use instructions given on this blog to install and test it: > > http://mp610.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-sane-scanner-driver-for-canon-mp610.html > http://mp610.blogspot.com/ Done! (I had already read this page and others on your blog, and have it permanently open in a browser tab. I am amazed by your work here, thank you so much.) ~/Desktop/mp150-0.14.2-1u$ ./scan -x 10 -y 15 -w 51 -h 25 -1 -d 20 -W pixmascan.pnm [lots of stuff snipped, MP710 says on front panel "scan mode"] ... [pixma-0.14.2] pixma_read_image():completed 100% done (33744 bytes written) [pixma-0.14.2] pixma_close(): Canon MultiPASS MP710 So now I look at the image. Amazing, there is something there, a bit grainy, but it certainly does work! Tick off another victory for your [and the oirignal author's] driver and linux! :-) Now I need to check what quality I can get with the options. Some questions: 1. resolution: -r <number> in the options. What is the suggestion when the scanner does 1200x2400dpi? Is it possible to specify x and y resolutions, or must I choose the lowest of the two. At the moment the highest resolution I can scan at is apparently 300 (by adding -r 600 to the test as follows): ./scan -x 10 -y 15 -w 51 -h 25 -1 -d 20 -r 300 -W pixmascan_r300.pnm If I choose 600 it runs for quite a long time giving screen output but finally cancels with a hardware error. And for 1200 the cancellation happens quite quickly after starting with screen output. I hope that information is useful, since I do not know how well the driver performs on other scanners and with other OSes. Now I will try to integrate the driver into xsane, and also see how it does with scanning larger areas up to A4. Best regards, Gernot