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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  protocols).  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 MG2100, MG2200, MG2400, MG2500, MG2900, MG3100, MG3200
              PIXMA MG3500, MG3600, MG4200, MG5100, MG5200, MG5300, MG5400
              PIXMA MG5500, MG5600, MG5700, MG6100, MG6200, MG6300, MG6400
              PIXMA 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
              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
              PIXUS MP10
              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, D420, D480, D530
              i-SENSYS MF230, MF240, MF3010, MF4320d, MF4330d, MF4500, MF4700
              i-SENSYS MF4800, MF6100, MF8200C, MF8300
              imageRUNNER 1020/1024/1025
              CanoScan 8800F, 9000F, 9000F Mark II
              MAXIFY MB5000 (ADF is not working)

       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, E510, E560, E600, E610
              PIXMA MG3000, MG4100, MG6500, MG6600, MG6800, MG6900, MG8100
              PIXMA MP375R, MP493, MP495, MP740
              PIXMA MX320, MX390, MX430, MX450, MX490, MX710
              PIXMA G3000
              PIXMA TS9000, TS800, TS6000, TS5000
              PIXUS MP5
              imageCLASS MF810/820, MF5630, MF5650, MF5750, MF8030, MF8170c
              imageCLASS MPC190
              imageRUNNER 1133
              i-SENSYS MF210, MF220, MF5880dn, MF5900, MF6680dn, MF8500C
              MAXIFY MB2000, MB2300, MB5300

       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 models,
              * 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 respectively.

       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 applicable manufacturer documentation, probably
       never available. However, we have tested it as well as we could, but it may  not  work  in
       all  situations.  You will find an up-to-date status at the project homepage. (See below).
       Users feedback is essential to help improve features and performances.

OPTIONS

       Besides "well-known" options (e.g. resolution, mode etc.) 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 maximum 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 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 respective 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 = foto, 5 = film.
              Known values of size: 1 = A4, 2 = Letter, 8 = 10x15, 9 = 13x18, b = auto.  Not  all
              scanners can provide this data.

       target (read  only)  Returns  the value of the target of the scan operation 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 equivalent 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.

FILES

       @LIBDIR@/libsane-pixma.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       @LIBDIR@/libsane-pixma.so
              The  shared  library  implementing  this  backend  (present on systems that support
              dynamic loading).

       @CONFIGDIR@/pixma.conf
              The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below). The
              file  contains  an optional list of networked scanners. Normally only scanners that
              cannot be auto-detected because they are on a  different  subnet  shall  be  listed
              here. If your OS does not allow enumeration of interfaces (i.e. it does not support
              the getifaddrs() function) 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-functionals).

              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 tinmeouts 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 settng 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.

USB SUPPORT

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

NETWORKING SUPPORT

       The pixma backend supports network scanners using the so called Canon  BJNP  protocol  and
       MFNP  protocol.  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 pixma backend will auto-detect  your  scanner
       if it is within the same subnet as your computer if your OS does support this.

       If  your  scanner can not be auto-detected, you can add it to the 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 traffic TO port 8610 or 8612 on the common
       subnet for scanning.

       Scanner detection is slightly more complicated. The pixma backend sends a broadcast on all
       direct  connected  subnets  it  can  find  (provided your OS allows for enumeration of all
       netowrk interfaces). The broadcast 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 experimental 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.   Under  UNIX, the directories are separated by a colon (`:'),
              under OS/2, they are separated 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 @CONFIGDIR@.  If the value of  the  environment
              variable  ends with the directory separator character, then the default directories
              are searched after the explicitly  specified  directories.   For  example,  setting
              SANE_CONFIG_DIR  to  "/tmp/config:"  would result in directories "tmp/config", ".",
              and "@CONFIGDIR@" being searched (in this order).

SEE ALSO

       sane(7), sane-dll(5), http://home.arcor.de/wittawat/pixma/, http://mp610.blogspot.com/

       In case of trouble with a recent Pixma model, try the latest code for the  pixma  backend,
       available in the Sane git repository at:
       http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-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.

@PACKAGEVERSION@                           20 May 2017                              sane-pixma(5)