Setting-up SANE for Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scanner
Post ReplySetting-up SANE for Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scannerPosted: Friday, June 5, 2020 [21:17:21] - 1
Apparently, current RPi backends version 1.0.27 don't support Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scanner. THis scanner requires version 1.0.28 but 1.0.29 is even better.  Installing SANE backends from repository installs version 1.0.27 and scanner is a no-go. It's a dirty hack, but it works like a charm for what we need it. Remove all installed SANE components if anything was installed before: sudo apt-get remove --purge xsane sane && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade create a temp directory and cd to it: mkdir temp cd temp Install prerequisites: sudo apt-get install libusb-dev sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev sudo apt-get install libtiff-dev sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev sudo apt-get install libpng-dev Get backends version 1.0.29 wget gitlab.com/sane-project/b.. tar -xvf sane-backends-1.0.29.tar.gz cd sane-backends-1.0.29 ./autogen.sh # only if you just cloned the git repository ./configure make sudo make install Then configure your scanner by editing canon_dr.conf file: sudo nano /usr/local/etc/sane.d/canon_dr.conf Add the following to the bottom of the file: # [LiDE 300] usb 0x04a9 0x1913 We also deleted all other scanners from canon_dr.conf file as we have no plans on using them. Also, we removed all configs from /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf and left only: canon_dr pixma in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/pixma.conf uncomment line, unless you plan to use your scanner on a network: networking=no We're almost done. Now, we need to check if scanners works. Scanner do not work directly from USB port, it needs power and Raspberry Pi's USB is not capable to provide enough of it. So, use powered USB Hub. At this point your LiDe 300 scanner should work. Next, using and troubleshooting Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scanner. |
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Using Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scanner from TerminalPosted: Friday, June 5, 2020 [21:29:45] - 2
Your scanner should be functional by now. We did not add pi user to scanner group, so we'll be using sudo for all commands. sudo sane-find-scanner should result in something like this: ... found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1913 [LiDE 300]) at libusb:001:008 ... and then scanner should be recognized by: sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib scanimage -L (we force library location by LD_LIBRARY_PATH Now, try scanning: sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib scanimage --resolution 300 --format=tiff > ~/test.tif In our case scan had 40 seconds delay before actually scanning. Delay caused by backend search for scanner's USB port. To speed things up, let's tell scanimage where our scanner is by adding device-name: sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib scanimage --mode Gray --device-name=pixma:04A91913_484XXX --resolution 300 --format=tiff > ~/test.tif device-name is produced by scanimage -L command above if you need to debug the process, just add debug command to scan: sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib SANE_DEBUG_DLL=128 scanimage --device-name=pixma:04A91913_484XXX --resolution 300 --format=tiff > ~/test.tif to see all available scanimage commands, use the following: sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib scanimage -h Now, it takes 10-12 seconds for scanner to scan 300dpi letter-size color TIFF file, producing about 28Mb file. |
SANE two Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scannersPosted: Friday, July 3, 2020 [13:11:11] - 3
It appears that FreeBSD won over Raspberry Pi: www.codemacs.com/other/an.. Few reasons why FreeBSD on Intel NUC was chosen over RPi: 1. More dependable and faster SATA Hard Drive 2. Easier and faster setup 3. Power capable USB ports, no need for USB Hubs 4. More hardware resources |
RE: Setting-up SANE for Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scannerPosted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 [09:05:31] - 4
Hello, I am trying to set up a Lide 400 scanner using your post. I ended to sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib scanimage -L which work fine as my scanner is well identified as pixma:04A91912_43D381 is a Canon canoscan LiDe 400. Next step (sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib scanimage --resolution 300 --format=tiff > ~/test.tif) ends with an Error during device I/O. When I run the command with debug, I have /usr/local/lib/libsane-pixma.so.1' (No such file or directory). However file exists on drive. Could you please help me on debugging this? |
RE: Setting-up SANE for Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scannerPosted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 [09:45:17] - 5
I assume you're using RPi and edited: /usr/local/etc/sane.d/canon_dr.conf and /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf files Don't know the code for LiDE 400 scanner to enter in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/canon_dr.conf it should look like: # [LiDE 400] usb xxxxxx xxxxxx |
RE: Setting-up SANE for Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scannerPosted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 [10:03:51] - 6
Hi, Indeed I use a RPi 3B. I edited canon_dr.conf with usb 0x04a9 0x1912 since Lide 400 idProduct is 0x1912 I also edited dll.conf as mentionned in your post This allowed the command scanimage -L to work. I was struggling before to make this command work so thank you for that. Any idea of what to test next to make the command scanimage to work? Thank you for your help |
RE: Setting-up SANE for Canon CanoScan LiDe 300 scannerPosted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 [10:15:00] - 7
Boris, As I've mentioned above, it's a dirty hack. After considering all the hurtles I went a FreeBSD way. Much easier and works right out of the box without any hacks. No need for network scanner setups etc. I looked at my /usr/local/lib/libsane-pixma.so.1 - no such file I have /usr/local/lib/libsane.so.1 link to a file /usr/local/lib/libsane.so.1.0.29 and /usr/local/lib/libsane.so.1.0.30 on FreeBSD (your file system may vary) |