On Tue, 2017-01-31 at 00:36 +0100, Horst Kern wrote: > Hello there, > > please do not be too unkind with me, if I ask a dumb question. > > My new Canon Pixma Scanner 5751 does not work with the scanner > programs > like simple-scan on my Ubuntu Linux. > > I turned on debugging and found many lines like this: > > [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of pixma to 21. > [pixma] pixma is compiled with pthread support. > [pixma] pixma version 0.17.18 > [pixma] Scanner model MP150(Canon PIXMA MP150) not found, giving up! > MG5700 series > [pixma] Scanner model MP170(Canon PIXMA MP170) not found, giving up! > MG5700 series > > I downloaded the latest sane backend: sane-backends-e3ed043 > > In the code I found, that MG5700 is listed. > > Is there any way to install the update, or do I need to compile from > source? (Did not do that for a long time!) > > Best Regards, > Horst. > Hi Horst You need an updated package, so recompiling may be the way to go. If you are on Ubuntu, Rof Bensch's PPA (see https://launchpad.net/~rolfben sch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git) may help you. Otherwise check the INSTALL.LINUX.
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