[CentOS] CentOS 6 - Support for CanoScan LiDE 210

[Fred Smith]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 10:42:24PM +1200, Rob Kampen wrote:
> 
> On 09/26/2015 10:08 PM, Meikel wrote:
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >for some time I used a HP 2840 AiO device, connected via LAN, to
> >scan documents. As scanning application I use xsane. I want to
> >replace that HP scanner by a CanoScan LiDE 210.
> >
> ># LANG="" yum info libsane-hpaio
> >...
> >Installed Packages
> >Name        : libsane-hpaio
> >Arch        : x86_64
> >Version     : 3.14.6
> >Release     : 3.el6
> >Size        : 148 k
> >Repo        : installed
> >From repo   : base
> >Summary     : SANE driver for scanners in HP's multi-function devices
> >URL         : http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
> >License     : GPLv2+
> >Description : SANE driver for scanners in HP's multi-function
> >devices (from HPOJ).
> >
> >Now I connected CanoScan LiDE 210 Scanner via USB cable to my
> >CentOS 6 workstation.
> >
> ># dmesg | tail --lines=15
> >...
> >usb 3-1: new high speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
> >usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=190a
> >usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> >usb 3-1: Product: CanoScan
> >usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Canon
> >usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> >...
> >
> >After opening xsane it seems to be connected to the HP Scanner. I
> >can not find any options for choosing another scanner device. From
> >http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html  I can see that
> >CanoScan LiDE 210 is supported by genesys 1.0-63. From my
> >understanding on CentOS the genesys backend is included in
> >sane-backends:
> >
> ># LANG="" yum info sane-backends
> >...
> >Installed Packages
> >Name        : sane-backends
> >Arch        : x86_64
> >Version     : 1.0.21
> >Release     : 3.el6
> >Size        : 4.4 M
> >Repo        : installed
> >From repo   : anaconda-CentOS-201410241409.x86_64
> >Summary     : Scanner access software
> >URL         : http://www.sane-project.org
> >License     : GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and Public Domain
> >Description : Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) is a universal
> >scanner interface.  The
> >            : SANE application programming interface (API)
> >provides standardized
> >            : access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed
> >scanner,
> >            : hand-held scanner, video and still cameras,
> >frame-grabbers, etc.).
> >
> >The sane-backends is installed, but I can not "see" the scanner:
> >
> ># scanimage -L
> >device `hpaio:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_2840?zc=NPI9AC264' is a
> >Hewlett-Packard HP_Color_LaserJet_2840 all-in-one
> >
> >I have no idea what I can do now. It is not clear to me if
> >sane-backends package really includes the required genesys 1.0-63
> >version.
> >
> >Any help to make the new scanner work is appreciated.
> >
> My Cannon printer / scanner needed an application from Cannon called
> scangear in order to work - Cannon doesn't play well with Linux,
> they have proprietary ways of doing things.
> Then the scangear results need to be massaged extensively so you can
> attach it to an email as the typical scan is huge / photo quality
> and no options to produce something like my Ricoh copier does with a
> scan to pdf / email.
> I will not buy Cannon products again.
> >Regards,
> >
> >Meikel

Yeah. if they don't care about us, why should we care about them?

Only reason I bought the Canon LiDE 210 was because it had "full"
support from SANE.

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