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rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 22 May 2011, 14:20 Post subject:

Here are drivers for the MP280, MP495 and MG5100 series.

The MG5100 has never been tested. Please provide feedback.

joelh · Joined: 03 May 2011 Posts: 15

with this .pet it works fine, now i just got to test the scanner, thanks a lot : great job !

joelh · Joined: 03 May 2011 Posts: 15

# sane-find-scanner

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1747 [MP495 series]) at libusb:002:002
found USB scanner (vendor=0x041e [Creative], product=0x401d [Creative WebCam NX Ultra]) at libusb:001:002
# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

# Not checking for parallel port scanners.

# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.
#
The scanner doesn't work yet but it's detected, did i miss something?? thanks a lot for guide me Wink

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 22 May 2011, 15:08 Post subject:

For Canon scanning, read here.

Your first choice should be the pixma-backend-qrky-1.0.21.pet. Test it with Xsane in the Graphic menu.

joelh · Joined: 03 May 2011 Posts: 15

still the "no devices avaible" message with pixma-backend-qrky-1.0.21.pet

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 22 May 2011, 15:39 Post subject:

Read here;

joelh · Joined: 03 May 2011 Posts: 15

WELL DONE. It works fine but it makes a png file, no other choice? pdf for example ? i didn't see how to change it in the preference menu.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 22 May 2011, 16:19 Post subject:

Glad to help.

joelh · Joined: 03 May 2011 Posts: 15

ok, works with puppyPDF in document/document utilities menu but very very ugly definition when zoom is used (no problem with the png file when zooming)

steve_s · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 1543 Location: Austin, TX, USA

Using cups 1.3.1.1, trying to get a canon i550 to work...suggestions? As it stands I don't even have Canon listed as an available make even though it does see it when I search for printers...

rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 20:27 Post subject:

steve_s · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 1543 Location: Austin, TX, USA

rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 20:58 Post subject:

IIRC, Puppy 4.0 had CUPS 1.1.23. Did you attempt to upgrade CUPS?

steve_s · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 1543 Location: Austin, TX, USA

rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 21:08 Post subject:

Then you also need to install the Gutenprint driver package as described in the other thread here.