Seems that most pixma machines have similar protocols to already supported devices. The author of the backend is also quite quick to support new machines. So, chances are good that it will work with minimal effort. However, there is no way to know for sure unless someone buys one and tests it. It could be completely different.
allan On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:03 AM, Markus Wanner <markus at bluegap.ch> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if pixma backend might support the scanner part of the newish > Canon MF43x0d devices (x ranging from 2 to 5, depending on having an > automatic document feeding (3 and 5) and/or additional fax module (4 and > 5)). > > The list of supported devices already sports MF412x as well as MF4270, which > all look pretty similar to the new products, in spec as well as optically. > > Does anybody else have such a device to test? Do you think it'd be worth a > try (given I have decent C programming skills, but not much time). The > hardware seems to have a pretty high bang-for-the-bucks-ratio, but I'm > hesitant as I need Linux support (and much prefer OSS drivers). > > Regards > > Markus Wanner > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ?to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
