But indeed, all GL841-based scanners are showing as unsupported upstream so the chances are slim.
Have you contacted Canon about the lack of Linux support? Maybe they listen to their customers?! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738302 Title: My scanner [Canon, Inc. CanoScan 3200F] works with windows xp but doesn't with ubuntu Status in “sane-backends” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: simple-scan when I use windows xp the my scanner canon works well when I'm connected at ubuntu "simple scan" tells me first "there is no scanner- chek that the scanner is turned on". when I push "acquire" I read:"no scanner available, connect a scanner" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: simple-scan 2.32.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 19 17:14:28 2011 DriverPackageVersions: libsane 1.0.21-2ubuntu2 libsane-extras N/A hplip 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 hpoj N/A InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MachineType: American Megatrends Inc. K7S41GX ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SimpleScanLog: SourcePackage: simple-scan dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P2.80 dmi.board.name: K7S41GX dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Uknown Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.80:bd10/18/2006:svnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:pnK7S41GX:pvr1.0:rvn:rnK7S41GX:rvr1.0:cvnUknownChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrVersion1.00: dmi.product.name: K7S41GX dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/738302/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp