sane-pixma.5



sane-pixma(5)            SANE Scanner Access Now Easy            sane-pixma(5)


NAME

       sane-pixma  -  SANE  backend  for  Canon  Multi-Function  Printers  and
       CanoScan Scanners


DESCRIPTION

       The sane-pixma library implements a  SANE  (Scanner  Access  Now  Easy)
       backend  that  provides access to Canon PIXMA / i-SENSYS / imageCLASS /
       imageRUNNER multi-function devices (All-in-one printers) and the  Canon
       CanoScan  Flatbed/TPU  scanners.   The  backend implements both the USB
       interface and network interface (using Canon's  BJNP  and  MFNP  proto-
       cols).  The  network  interface  supports scanners over IPv4 as well as
       IPv6 (MFNP over IPv6 is untested).

       Currently, the following models work with this backend:

              PIXMA E410, E510, E4500
              PIXMA G600, G2000, G2010, G2100, G4000, G4511
              PIXMA GX6000, GX7000
              PIXMA MG2100, MG2200, MG2400, MG2500, MG2900, MG3000, MG3100
              PIXMA MG3200, MG3500, MG3600, MG4200, MG5100, MG5200, MG5300
              PIXMA MG5400, MG5500, MG5600, MG5700, MG6100, MG6200, MG6300
              PIXMA MG6400, MG7100, MG7500, MG7700, MG8200
              PIXMA MP140, MP150, MP160, MP170, MP180, MP190
              PIXMA MP210, MP220, MP230, MP240, MP250, MP260, MP270, MP280
              PIXMA MP360, MP370, MP390
              PIXMA MP450, MP460, MP470, MP480, MP490, MP495
              PIXMA MP500, MP510, MP520, MP530, MP540, MP550, MP560
              PIXMA MP600, MP600R, MP610, MP620, MP630, MP640
              PIXMA MP700, MP710, MP730, PIXMA MP750 (no grayscale)
              PIXMA MP800, MP800R, MP810, MP830
              PIXMA MP960, MP970, MP980, MP990
              PIXMA MX300, MX310, MX330, MX340, MX350, MX360, MX370
              PIXMA MX410, MX420, MX470, MX510, MX520, MX530, MX700, MX720
              PIXMA MX850, MX860, MX870, MX882, MX885, MX890, MX920, MX7600
              PIXMA TR4500, TR4600, TR4700
              PIXMA TS2400, TS2600, TS3100, TS3300, TS3450, TS3451, TS3452
              PIXMA TS3500, TS5000, TS5100, TS5350i, TS5400, TS6100, TS6200
              PIXMA TS7530, TS7450i ,TS8000, TS8530, TS8200
              PIXUS MP10
              imageCLASS MF634Cdw, MF733Cdw
              imageCLASS MF3110, MF3240, MF4010, MF4018
              imageCLASS MF4120, MF4122, MF4140, MF4150
              imageCLASS MF4270, MF4350d, MF4370dn, MF4380dn
              imageCLASS MF4410, MF4430, MF4570dw, MF4660, MF4690
              imageCLASS MF5730, MF5770, MF6550, MPC200
              imageCLASS D420, D480, D530, D570
              i-SENSYS MF210, MF230, MF240, MF440, MF620, MF630, MF640
              i-SENSYS MF645C, MF730, MF731/733, MF741/743
              i-SENSYS MF3010, MF4320d, MF4330d, MF4500, MF4700, MF4800
              i-SENSYS MF6100, MF8030, MF8200C, MF8300
              imageRUNNER 1018/1022/1023, 1020/1024/1025, 1133
              CanoScan 8800F, 9000F, 9000F Mark II
              CanoScan LiDE 300, 400
              MAXIFY MB2000, MB2100, MB2300, MB2700, MB5000, MB5100, MB5400

       The following models are not well tested and/or the  scanner  sometimes
       hangs and must be switched off and on.

              PIXMA MP760, MP770, MP780, MP790

       The  following  models  may use the same Pixma protocol as those listed
       above, but have not yet been  reported  to  work  (or  not).  They  are
       declared  in  the  backend  so  that they get recognized and activated.
       Feedback in the sane-devel mailing list welcome.

              PIXMA E400, E460, E470, E480, E500, E560, E600, E610
              PIXMA E3100, E3300, E3400, E4200
              PIXMA G2020, G2060, G3020, G3060, G7000, G7080
              PIXMA MG4100, MG6500, MG6600, MG6800, MG6900, MG8100
              PIXMA MP375R, MP493, MP740
              PIXMA MX320, MX390, MX430, MX450, MX490, MX710
              PIXMA G3000, G3010, G4010, G6000, G6080, G7000, GM4000, GM4080
              PIXMA TR7500, TR7530, TR7600, TR8500, TR8530, TR8580, TR8600
              PIXMA TR8630, TR9530
              PIXMA TS3400, TS5100, TS6000, TS6130,  TS6180,  TS6230,  TS6280,
              TS6300
              PIXMA  TS6330,  TS6330,  TS6380, TS6400, TS7330, TS7400, TS7430,
              TS8100
              PIXMA TS8130, TS8180, TS8230, TS8280,  TS8300,  TS8330,  TS8380,
              TS9000
              PIXMA TS9100, TS9180, TS9500, TS9580
              PIXUS MP5, XK50, XK60, XK70, XK80, XK90, XK100, XK500
              imageCLASS MF720, MF810/820, MF5630, MF5650, MF5750, MF8170c
              imageCLASS MPC190, D550
              i-SENSYS MF110, MF220, MF260, MF410, MF420, MF510, MF520, MF740
              i-SENSYS MF5880dn, MF5900, MF6680dn, MF8500C
              MAXIFY MB5300

       The  following  models  may use partly the same Pixma protocol as other
       devices listed above, but may still need some work. They  are  declared
       in  the  backend  as  experimental  and  need  the environment variable
       PIXMA_EXPERIMENT=1 to get recognized  and  activated.  Snoop  logs  are
       required  to further investigate, please contact the sane-devel mailing
       list.

              -- none --

       The backend supports:

              * resolutions of 75, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800,  and  9600
              DPI (some maybe buggy),
              *  color  and grayscale mode, as well as lineart on certain mod-
              els,
              * a custom gamma table,
              * Automatic Document Feeder, Simplex and Duplex.
              * Transparency Unit, 24 or 48 bits depth.  Infrared  channel  on
              certain models.

       The  device  name  for  USB devices is in the form pixma:xxxxyyyy_zzzzz
       where x, y and z are vendor ID, product ID and  serial  number  respec-
       tively.

       Example: pixma:04A91709_123456 is a MP150.

       Device  names  for  BJNP/MFNP  devices  is in the form pixma:aaaa_bbbbb
       where aaaa is the scanners model and bbbb is the hostname or ip-adress.

       Example: pixma:MF4800_192.168.1.45 is a  MF4800  Series  multi-function
       peripheral.

       This  backend, based on cloning original Canon drivers protocols, is in
       a production stage. Designed has been carried out without any  applica-
       ble  manufacturer  documentation, probably never available. However, we
       have tested it as well as we could, but it may not work in  all  situa-
       tions. You will find an up-to-date status at the project homepage. (See
       below).  Users feedback is essential to help improve features and  per-
       formances.


OPTIONS

       Besides  "well-known"  options (e.g. resolution, mode etc.)  sane-pixma
       backend also provides the following options,  i.e.  the  options  might
       change in the future.
       The button status can be polled i.e. with scanimage -A.
       Button  scan  is disabled on MAC OS X due to darwin libusb not handling
       timeouts in usb interrupt reads, but may work when  using  the  network
       protocol.

       adf-wait
              This  option  enables and sets the time in seconds waiting for a
              document inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder.  The maxi-
              mum allowed waiting time is 3600 sec (= 1 hour).

       button-controlled
              This  option  can  be  used by applications (like scanadf(1) and
              scanimage(1)) in batch mode, for example when you want  to  scan
              many  photos  or multiple-page documents. If it is enabled (i.e.
              is set to true or yes), the  backend  waits  before  every  scan
              until  the  user  presses  the  "SCAN" button (for MP150) or the
              color-scan button (for other models). Just put the first page in
              the  scanner,  press  the  button, then the next page, press the
              button and so on. When you finished, press the gray-scan button.
              (For  MP150 you have to stop the frontend by pressing Ctrl-C for
              example.)

       button-update (deprecated)
              (write only) In the past this option was required to be  set  to
              force  reading  of  the button status for button-1 and button-2.
              The sane-pixma backend no longer  requires  this  option  to  be
              used:  if  no  fresh data is available, it will be now requested
              automatically from the scanner. This option is left for backward
              compatibility reasons.

       button-1 button-2
              (read  only)  These options will return the value of the respec-
              tive buttons.  value 0 means that the button was not pressed,  1
              is returned when the button was pressed. Some scanners with more
              than two buttons send the button number as target.

       original
              (read only) Returns the value of the type or size of original to
              be  scanned  if  the scanner provides that data. Known values of
              type: 1 = document, 2 = photo, 5 = film. Known values of size: 1
              = A4, 2 = Letter, 8 = 10x15, 9 = 13x18, b = auto.  Not all scan-
              ners can provide this data.

       target (read only) Returns the value of the target of the  scan  opera-
              tion if the scanner provides that data. The values depend on the
              scanner type. Known values: 1 = save to disk, 2 = save to pdf, 3
              =  send to email, 4 = send to application or 1 = JPEG, 2 = TIFF,
              3 = PDF, 4 = Compact PDF. For some scanners this value is equiv-
              alent  to the number of the pressed button. Not all scanners can
              provide this data.

       scan-resolution
              (read only) Returns the resolution of the scan operation if  the
              scanner  provides  that  data. Known values: 1 = 75 dpi, 2 = 150
              dpi, 3 = 300 dpi, 4 = 600 dpi. Not all scanners can provide this
              data.

       document-type
              (read  only)  Returns  the  type  of the scanned document if the
              scanner provides that data. Known values:  1  =  Document,  2  =
              Photo, 3 = Auto scan. Not all scanners can provide this data.

       adf-status
              (read  only)  Returns  the  status of the document feeder if the
              scanner provides that data. Known values: 1 = ADF empty, 2 = ADF
              filled. Not all scanners can provide this data.

       adf-orientation
              (read  only)  Returns the scan orientation of the medium scanned
              from ADF if the scanner provides that data. Known  values:  1  =
              Portrait, 2 = Landscape. Not all scanners can provide this data.


FILES

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-pixma.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-pixma.so
              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
              that support dynamic loading).

       /usr/local/etc/sane.d/pixma.conf
              The  backend  configuration  file  (see  also   description   of
              SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

              The  file  contains an optional list of networked scanners using
              the BJNP or MFNP protools (See below for datails  on  networking
              support  for  scanners).  Normally  only scanners that cannot be
              auto-detected because they are on a different  subnet  shall  be
              listed  here. If you do not use Linux and your OS does not allow
              enumeration of interfaces (i.e. it does not support the getifad-
              drs()  qfunction)  you also may need to add your scanner here as
              well.

              Scanners shall be listed in the configuration file as follows:

                     <method>://<host>[:port][/timeout=<value>]

              where method indicates the  protocol  used  (bjnp  is  used  for
              inkjet  multi-functionals and mfnp is used for laser multi-func-
              tionals).

              host is  the  hostname  or  IP  address  of  the  scanner,  e.g.
              bjnp://10.0.1.4                     for                    IPv4,
              bjnp://[2001:888:118e:18e2:21e:8fff:fe36:b64a]  for  a   literal
              IPv6-address or bjnp://myscanner.mydomain.org for a hostname.

              The  port  number  is  optional  and  in normally implied by the
              method.  Port 8610 is the standard port for mfnp, 8612 for bjnp.

              A scanner specific timeout value for the network protocol can be
              set using the bjnp-timeout parameter. The value is in ms.

              Define scanners each on a new line.

              More  globally  applicable  timeouts  can be set using the bjnp-
              timeout parameter as follows:

                     bjnp-timeout=<value>

              A timeout defined using bjnp-timeout will apply to the following
              scanner  definitions  in  the file. If required the bjnp-timeout
              setting can be defined multiple times, where each  setting  will
              apply  only  to  the  scanners that follow the setting. The last
              setting is used  for  the  auto  discovered  scanners.   If  not
              explicitly set, the default 1000ms setting will apply.

              Setting timeouts should only be required in exceptional cases.

       If so desired networking can be disabled as follows:

              -      If  the  first  non-commented line contains networking=no
                     all networking will be disabled.   This  will  cause  all
                     further  statements  in  the  configuration  file  to  be
                     ignored.

              -      A line that contains auto_detection=no will  cause  auto-
                     detection to be skipped. Explicitly defined network scan-
                     ners will still be probed.


USB SUPPORT

       USB scanners will be auto-detected and require no configuration.


NETWORKING SUPPORT

       The sane-pixma backend supports network scanners using  the  so  called
       Canon BJNP and MFNP protocols.

       Canon  seems to be dropping support for these protocols in recent scan-
       ners.  To verify if your scanner supports one of these protocols, check
       the  content  of  the _scanner._tcp service entry in mDNS/DNS-SD (using
       for example avahi-discover(1)).  If that does not  list  port  8610  or
       8612 your scanner probably does not support the mfmp or bjnp protols.

       Both  IPv4  and  IPv6  are  supported, but IPv6 is as yet untested with
       MFNP. Please report your results on the mailing list.

       Configuration is normally not required.  The  sane-pixma  backend  will
       auto-detect  your  scanner if it is within the same subnet as your com-
       puter if your OS does support this.

       If your scanner can not  be  auto-detected,  you  can  add  it  to  the
       sane-pixma configuration file (see above).


FIREWALLING FOR NETWORKED SCANNERS

       The  sane-pixma  backend  communicates  with port 8610 for MFNP or port
       8612 for BJNP on the scanner. So you will have to allow outgoing  traf-
       fic TO port 8610 or 8612 on the common subnet for scanning.

       Scanner  detection is slightly more complicated. The sane-pixma backend
       sends a broadcast on all direct connected subnets it can find (provided
       your  OS  allows for enumeration of all network interfaces). The broad-
       cast is sent FROM port 8612 TO port  8610  or  8612  on  the  broadcast
       address of each interface.  The outgoing packets will be allowed by the
       rule described above.

       Responses from the scanner are sent back to the computer TO port  8612.
       Connection  tracking  however does not see a match as the response does
       not come from the broadcast address but from the scanners own  address.
       For  automatic  detection  of  your scanner, you will therefore have to
       allow incoming packets TO port 8612 on your computer. This  applies  to
       both MFNP and BJNP.

       So  in  short:  open the firewall for all traffic from your computer to
       port 8610 (for MFNP) or 8612 (for BJNP) AND to port 8612 (for both BJNP
       and MFNP) to your computer.

       With  the  firewall  rules above there is no need to add the scanner to
       the pixma.conf file, unless the scanner is on a  network  that  is  not
       directly connected to your computer.


ENVIRONMENT

       SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA
              If  the  library  was  compiled with debug support enabled, this
              environment variable controls the debug level for  this  backend
              itself.  Higher  value  increases the verbosity and includes the
              information printed at the lower levels.
              0  print nothing (default)
              1  print error and warning messages (recommended)
              2  print informational messages
              3  print debug-level messages
              4  print verbose debug-level messages
              11 dump USB traffic
              21 full dump USB traffic

       SANE_DEBUG_BJNP
              If the library was compiled with  debug  support  enabled,  this
              environment  variable  controls the debug level for the BJNP and
              MFNP network protocols for this backend. Higher value  increases
              the  verbosity and includes the information printed at the lower
              levels.
              0 print nothing (default)
              1 Print error and warning messages (recommended)
              2 Print high level function tracing information
              3 Print more detailed protocol tracing information
              4 Print protocol headers
              5 Print full protocol contents

       PIXMA_EXPERIMENT
              Setting to a non-zero value will enable the support for  experi-
              mental models.  You should also set SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA to 11.

       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
              This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
              may contain the configuration file.  On *NIX systems, the direc-
              tories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are sep-
              arated by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set,  the
              configuration  file  is  searched  in  two  default directories:
              first,  the  current  working  directory  (".")  and   then   in
              /usr/local/etc/sane.d.  If the value of the environment variable
              ends with the directory separator character,  then  the  default
              directories are searched after the explicitly specified directo-
              ries.  For example, setting  SANE_CONFIG_DIR  to  "/tmp/config:"
              would    result    in    directories    tmp/config,    .,    and
              /usr/local/etc/sane.d being searched (in this order).


SEE ALSO

       sane(7),  sane-dll(5),  scanimage(1),  scanadf(1),  gamma4scanimage(1),
       getifaddrs(3)

       In  case  of trouble with a recent Pixma model, try the latest code for
       the sane-pixma backend, available in the Sane git repository at:
       https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends.git

       You can also post into the Sane-devel mailing list for support.


AUTHORS

       Wittawat Yamwong, Nicolas Martin, Dennis  Lou,  Louis  Lagendijk,  Rolf
       Bensch

       We  would  like to thank all testers and helpers. Without them we could
       not be able to write subdrivers for models we don't have. See also  the
       project homepage.

                                  15 Aug 2020                    sane-pixma(5)

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