Hi Rolf, Thanks very much for responding.
It took a bit of effort to get the information you wanted because I had to dig out my old Windows XP laptop, run through windows update, install the USB drivers etc... now I remember why I switched to Ubuntu in the first place :-) > Please check the used Sane version in xsane with CTRL - i. Sane version: 1.0.23 > Are you sure that you removed the cover from the lamp of the > transparence unit? Yes. I get a different error if I forget to unlatch the slide scanner cover. > If this problem still exist, I need 2 logfiles from you: I will send you a separate message with these log files shortly. Regards, David Legg >> I bought a Canon Pixma MG8150 printer over a year ago which has been >> brilliant for both printing and scanning. >> >> Recently, I've acquired the family slides which I'd like to archive for >> safety and so I tried the slide scanner. After setting the scan source >> to 'Transparency Unit' and pressing the Scan button I can see the slide >> scanning light turn on but after a few moments a dialog pops up to say >> 'Operation was cancelled.' >> >> The device is attached to the network via cat6 ethernet cable. Normal >> document scanning and printing works fine, it is just the slide scanner >> which stalls. I'm running xsane 0.998 on an Ubuntu 12.10 (64bit) system >> with 8GB ram and 3TB storage. >> >> I see from the SANE compatibility table [1] that testers are wanted for >> this model... I'm happy to help :-) >> >> >> Regards, >> David Legg >> >> >> [1] http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON >> >> >
