DESCRIPTION

The sane-pixma library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to Canon PIXMA / i-SENSYS / imageCLASS / imageRUNNER multi-function devices (All-in-one printers) and the Canon CanoScan Flatbed/TPU scanners. The backend implements both USB interface and network interface using Canon's BJNP protocol. The network interface supports scanners over IPv4 as well as IPv6.

Currently, the following models work with this backend:

PIXMA MG2100, MG3100, MG4200, MG5100, MG5200, MG5300
PIXMA MG6100, MG6200, MG6300, MG8200
PIXMA MP140, MP150, MP160, MP170, MP180, MP190
PIXMA MP210, MP220, MP230, MP240, MP250, MP260, MP270, MP280
PIXMA MP360, MP370, MP390
PIXMA MP450, MP460, MP470, MP480, MP490
PIXMA MP500, MP510, MP520, MP530, MP540, MP550, MP560
PIXMA MP600, MP600R, MP610, MP620, MP630, MP640
PIXMA MP700, MP710, MP730, PIXMA MP750 (no grayscale)
PIXMA MP800, MP800R, MP810, MP830
PIXMA MP960, MP970, MP980, MP990
PIXMA MX300, MX310, MX330, MX340, MX350, MX360, MX370
PIXMA MX420, MX700, MX7600
PIXMA MX850, MX860, MX870, MX882, MX885, MX890
imageCLASS MF3110, MF3240, MF4010, MF4018
imageCLASS MF4120, MF4122, MF4140, MF4150
imageCLASS MF4270, MF4350d, MF4370dn, MF4380dn
imageCLASS MF4410, MF4430, MF4660, MF4690, MF4770n
imageCLASS MF5730, MF5770, MF6550, D420, D480
i-SENSYS MF3010, MF4320d, MF4330d, MF4550d
imageRUNNER 1020/1024/1025
CanoScan 8800F, 9000F, 9000F Mark II

The following models are not well tested and/or the scanner sometimes hangs and must be switched off and on.

PIXMA MP760, MP770, MP780, MP790
PIXMA MX360

The following models may use the same Pixma protocol as those listed above, but have not yet been reported to work (or not). They are declared in the backend so that they get recognized and activated. Feedback in the sane-devel mailing list welcome.

PIXMA E500, E510, E600, E610
PIXMA MG2200, MG2400, MG2500, MG3200, MG4100, MG5400, MG5500
PIXMA MG6400, MG6500, MG7100, MG8100
PIXMA MP375R, MP493, MP495, MP740
PIXMA MX320, MX390, MX410, MX430, MX450, MX510, MX520
PIXMA MX710, MX720, MX920
imageCLASS MF4570dw, MF5630, MF5650, MF5750, MF8030, MF8170c
imageRUNNER 1133
i-SENSYS MF5880dn, MF6680dn

#The following models may use partly the same Pixma protocol as other devices #listed above, but may still need some work. They are declared in the backend #as experimental. Snoop logs are required to further investigate, please contact #the sane-devel mailing list. #.PP #.RS #PIXMA MP--- #.RE #.PP The backend supports:

* resolutions of 75, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600 DPI (some maybe buggy),
* color and grayscale mode, as well as lineart on certain models,
* a custom gamma table,
* Automatic Document Feeder, Simplex and Duplex.
* Transparency Unit, 24 or 48 bits depth. Infrared channel on certain models.

The device name for USB devices is in the form pixma:xxxxyyyy_zzzzz where x, y and z are vendor ID, product ID and serial number respectively. Example: pixma:04A91709_123456 is a MP150.

Device names for BJNP devices is in the form pixma:aaaa_bbbbb where aaaa is the scanners model and bbbb is the hostname or ip-adress.

This backend, based on cloning original Canon drivers protocols, is in a production stage. Designed has been carried out without any applicable manufacturer documentation, probably never available. However, we have tested it as well as we could, but it may not work in all situations. You will find an up-to-date status at the project homepage. (See below). Users feedback is essential to help improve features and performances.

OPTIONS

Besides "well-known" options (e.g. resolution, mode etc.) pixma backend also provides the following #.B experimental options for button handling, i.e. the options might change in the future.
The button status can be polled i.e. with 'scanimage -A'.
Button scan is disabled on MAC OS X due to darwin libusb not handling timeouts in usb interrupt reads.

button-controlled

This option can be used by applications (like scanadf(1) and scanimage(1)) in batch mode, for example when you want to scan many photos or multiple-page documents. If it is enabled (i.e. is set to true or yes), the backend waits before every scan until the user presses the "SCAN" button (for MP150) or the color-scan button (for other models). Just put the first page in the scanner, press the button, then the next page, press the button and so on. When you finished, press the gray-scan button. (For MP150 you have to stop the frontend by pressing Ctrl-C for example.)

button-update

(write only) In the past this option was required to be set to force reading of the button status for button-1 and button-2. The sane-pixma no longer requires this option to be used: if no fresh data is available, it will be now requested automatically from the scanner. This option is left for backward compatibility reasons.

button-1 button-2

(read only) These options will return the value of the respective buttons. value 0 means that the button was not pressed, 1 is returned when the button was pressed. Some scanners with more than two buttons send the button number as target.

original

(read only) Returns the value of the type or size of original to be scanned if the scanner provides that data. Known values of type: 1 = document, 2 = foto, 5 = film. Known values of size: 1 = A4, 2 = Letter, 8 = 10x15, 9 = 13x18, b = auto. Not all scanners can provide this data.

target

(read only) Returns the value of the target of the scan operation if the scanner provides that data. The values depend on the scanner type. Known values: 1 = save to disk, 2 = save to pdf, 3 = send to email, 4 = send to application or 1 = JPEG, 2 = TIFF, 3 = PDF, 4 = Compact PDF. For some scanners this value is equivalent to the number of the pressed button. Not all scanners can provide this data.

scan-resolution

(read only) Returns the resolution of the scan operation if the scanner provides that data. Known values: 1 = 75 dpi, 2 = 150 dpi, 3 = 300 dpi, 4 = 600 dpi. Not all scanners can provide this data.

FILES

/usr/lib/arch_triplet/sane/libsane-pixma.a

The static library implementing this backend.

/usr/lib/arch_triplet/sane/libsane-pixma.so

The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dynamic loading).

/etc/sane.d/pixma.conf

The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below). The files contains an optional list of scanners. Normally only scanners that can not be auto-detected because they are on a different subnet shall be listed here. If your OS does not allow enumeration of interfaces (i.e. it does not support the getifaddrs() function) you may need to add your scanner here as well. Scanners shall be listed as:

bjnp://<host>

where host is the hostname or IP address of the scanner, e.g. bjnp://10.0.1.4 for IPv4, bjnp://[2001:888:118e:18e2:21e:8fff:fe36:b64a] for a literal IPv6-address or bjnp://myscanner.mydomain.org. Define each scanner on a new line.

USB SUPPORT

USB scanners will be auto-detected and require no configuration.

NETWORKING SUPPORT

The pixma backend supports network scanners using the so called Canon BJNP protocol. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

Configuration is normally not required. The pixma backend will auto-detect your scanner if it is within the same subnet as your computer if your OS does support this.

If your scanner can not be auto-detected, you can add it to the pixma configuration file (see above).

FIREWALLING FOR NETWORKED SCANNERS

The sane pixma backend communicates with port 8612 on the scanner. So you will have to allow outgoing traffic TO port 8612 on the common subnet for scanning.

Scanner detection is slightly more complicated. The pixma backend sends a broadcast on all direct connected subnets it can find (provided your OS allows for enumeration of all netowrk interfaces). The broadcast is sent FROM port 8612 TO port 8612 on the broadcast address of each interface. The outgoing packets will be allowed by the rule described above.

Responses from the scanner are sent back to the computer TO port 8612. Connection tracking however does not see a match as the response does not come from the broadcast address but from the scanners own address. For automatic detection of your scanner, you will therefore have to allow incoming packets TO port 8612 on your computer.

So in short: open the firewall for all traffic from your computer to port 8612 AND to port 8612 to your computer.

With the firewall rules above there is no need to add the scanner to the pixma.conf file, unless the scanner is on a network that is not directly connected to your computer.

AUTHORS

Wittawat Yamwong, Nicolas Martin, Dennis Lou, Louis Lagendijk, Rolf Bensch

We would like to thank all testers and helpers. Without them we could not be able to write subdrivers for models we don't have. See also the project homepage.