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rabarrett

Member

Registered: 2012-07-05

Posts: 99

Installing Scanner -- Canon DR-2580C

Hi,

I'm trying to install my Canon scanner model DR-2580C and use it with xsane.  I'm stuck at the most basic level.  If anyone could help me get it working, I'd really appreciate the help.

When I first try

 scanimage -L

I get

 No scanners were identified

But then if I unplug it from my usb and replug it in, scanimage -L gives me:

 device `canon_dr:libusb:002:010' is a CANON DR-2580C scanner 

I installed xsane and gocr as detailed here:  http://www.archlinuxuser.com/2013/01/ho … ls-on.html

But when I run xsane GUI and try to scan, it reports an error

 Invalid argument

I also have tried to follow the command line instructions for xsane as described at here:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Scanning
When I try

scanimage --format=tiff > test.tiff

I again get

 Invalid argument

So following the instructions there, I try to add the device specification to the command:

scanimage --device canon_dr:libusb:002:010 --format=tiff >test555.tiff

But I still get

 Invalid argument

At this point, I'm stuck, except I can at least tell you that I've check to see what sort of linux support there is for this specific scanner and it's supposed to have "Complete" support, the best possibility.  I found that here:
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane- … l#SCANNERS

Any ideas?

Ultimately, I'd like to get it working where I can use the 3 buttons on the outside of the scanner to specify (a) text scan (b) grayscale scan and (c) color scan, and then have any of them automatically ocr-ed and turned into a pdf.  But for now, I'm just trying to do a basic scan.

Thank you,

Rick

rabarrett

Member

Registered: 2012-07-05

Posts: 99

Re: Installing Scanner -- Canon DR-2580C

Sadly, 3 years later, getting this scanner to work properly is still an issue.

It is still listed here as being fully supported, but it doesn't work:
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane- … l#SCANNERS

It is a recognized device, and xsane can see it too.  But when I try to scan with it, xsane pulls through a document, stops after reading 1 pages, and reports:  "Error during read:  Error during device I/O"

If instead, I just use the

 scanimage --device canon_dr:libusb:002:010 --format=tiff >test555.tiff 

listed above, the ADF pulls through one sheet.  The tiff file does show the page scanned (just one side, not duplex), but it has streaks up and down the entire page.  If I used the --batch switch, it stop midway through page 2 and complains "scanner status = 4".

(I can still use the same scanner flawlessly in Windows, but I'd prefer to never use windows again.) 

Also, I've looked at the man page for scanimage and scanadf but don't see a way to scan duplex.