Could you describe a little bit more what was the issue with grayscale scan on MX310 ?
BTW, B&W is currently not supported on this model, some more details about how you were proceeding would be useful to step further. Nicolas Le lundi 27 septembre 2010 ? 14:36 -0400, m. allan noah a ?crit : > 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 > > > > >