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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 E410, E510
              PIXMA G2000, G2010, G2100, G4000, G4511
              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
              PIXMA TS3100, TS3300, TS5000, TS5100, TS6100, TS6200, TS8000
              PIXMA 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 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
              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 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.)   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 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 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 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  =  photo,  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.

       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/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-pixma.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-pixma.so
              The shared library implementing this  backend  (present  on  systems  that  support
              dynamic loading).

       /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 getifaddrs() 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-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  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 scanners 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 scanners.  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 computer 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 traffic 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 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.   On  *NIX  systems,  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  /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 directories.  For  example,
              setting  SANE_CONFIG_DIR  to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories tmp/config,
              ., and /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)