I don't see any indication that grayscale or binary modes have been added to the MX310 (pixma) backend. It is possible that the backend only exposes the actual capabilites of the scanner.- hopefully one of the pixma authors can comment further.
allan On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Mr Fair Go <mrfairgo at mrfairgo.com> wrote: >>> I compiled and installed the latest sane-backends-1.0.21 and tried to >>> use it with a Canon DR-2010C scanner, > > G'day! > > I have a Canon? MX310 which was scanning OK, but only in colour.? There was > some sort of bug in Greyscale and B&W.? I attempted to "compile and install" > the newer sane backends also, but as a newbie I clearly did something wrong, > because now none of my Linux scanning software will find the Canon or any > other scanner (I have 3).? I even uninstalled and reinstalled SANE and > gscan2pdf via the Package Manager, but still " > > Can someone point me to a very basic Linux how-to that explains for a newbie > exactly how to "compile and install" with Linux?? Everything I look at > assumes I have more knowledge about "compiling" than I actually have. > > Running LinuxMint 9 (Isadora) which is built on Ubuntu, for nearly a year > now.? Up to this point upgrading and installing packages via Package Manager > has been adequate for my needs, but the newer version is not available this > way, thus I attempted the more challenging route, but can not find > "instructions" anywhere. > > Thanks > > Mr Fair Go > > > (They call me "Mr Fair Go") > http://mrfairgo.com > fairgohomes.com.au -->a Fair Go for aspiring homeowners, sellers, investors, > renovators. > fairgocom.net.au -->a Fair Go for Getting Your Life & Privacy Back! > eservers.com.au -->Professional Internet Hosting > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Ori Koren <ori at paperact.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I compiled and installed the latest sane-backends-1.0.21 and tried to >> >> use it with a Canon DR-2010C scanner, >> >> but the scanner is not recognized (by scanadf -L, or scanimage -L). >> >> sane-find-scanner and lsusb can see the device. >> >> <snipped> >> >> >> Am I missing some option in one of the config files? >> >> <snipped> >> >> >> I am using an ubuntu 8.04.3. The libusb-0.1-4, libusb-dev versions are >> >> both 2:0.1.12-8 >> > >> > What about permissions? Did you try as root also? And is the backend in >> > question enabled in your sane config? >> > >> >> OK, it's working now. >> The thing that was missing was to add "canon_dr" to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf >> >> > Simon >> >> Thanks, >> Ori >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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"