Hello Wittawat,
first of all thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately the additional sleep did not help. The output now is: ======================================== [...] [pixma] IN T=3.215 len=20 [pixma] 00000000:06 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 02 00 [pixma] 00000010:00 21 00 d9 [pixma] [pixma] Current status: paper=0 cal=0 lamp=0 busy=33 [pixma] WARNING:Timed out in wait_until_ready() [pixma] OUT T=63.816 len=16 [pixma] 00000000:f3 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c [pixma] [pixma] IN T=63.817 len=20 [pixma] 00000000:06 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 02 00 [pixma] 00000010:00 21 00 d9 [pixma] [pixma] Current status: paper=0 cal=0 lamp=0 busy=33 [pixma] OUT T=63.819 len=16 [pixma] 00000000:ef 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [pixma] [pixma] IN T=63.821 len=8 [pixma] 00000000:06 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 [pixma] [pixma] pixma_read_image() failed ETIMEDOUT [pixma] Reader task terminated: ETIMEDOUT [pixma] read_image():reader task closed the pipe:0 bytes received, 1683840 bytes expected scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O [dll] sane_cancel(handle=0x10000b58) [dll] sane_close(handle=0x10000b58) [pixma] pixma_close(): Canon PIXMA MP500 [dll] sane_exit: exiting [dll] sane_exit: calling backend `pixma's exit function [dll] sane_exit: calling backend `net's exit function [dll] sane_exit: finished ======================================== So the scanner does not seem to respond at all, does it? Best regards Thomas -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser