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Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

I saw this website claiming that they can use parallel scanner into linux
such as:
FB320P, FB620P, FB630P, FB330P, N340P, N640P, and N640P ex scanners
75, 150, 300 and 600dpi scan resolutions
Post-scan CCD gain correction (calibration)
Nibble or ECP mode parallel port support
SANE Backend (integrated into main SANE-backends package,

http://canon-fb330p.sourceforge.net/

http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/scanners.html

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=26508

http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/libieee1284/stable/

I hope this is true as I myself are using it...
anyone can help me install their program (libieee and driver) ?

how they able to create the driver here :
http://canon-fb330p.sourceforge.net/reverse.html

thank you

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6663 Location: lisbon

Master_wrong,

I think the driver for your scanner is already in the available sane .pet package. Which pupversion are you using? (I'm asking as I think there were some problems with scanners under pup3x, & I think ttuuxxx has recently uploaded a complete sane package for 3x).

Also one thing to check, (for parallel canon scanners), is to open the file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf in a text editor, & remove the comment from the line with #canon_pp.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 22 Apr 2008, 20:21 Post_subject:

first install this http://www.puppylinux.ca/ttuuxxx/programs/office/X-sane-Scanner-v1.0.pet
and try it out. I read that the The beta code from this project was integrated into SANE 1.0.8 (released on 27th May 2002) and development at this end has since stopped. So basically it should be in the package I made up. ttuuxxx

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

Thank you ttuuxxx,muggins, I try edit the file you mentioned with no luck...

my installed pet :
gimp 2.2.15
libgphoto 2.1.6
qt-3.3.8
sane 1.0.18
xsane 0.994
sane backend 1.0.17

I still downloading... slowly at my connection...
do I need anything else to change ?

thank you.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Thu 24 Apr 2008, 10:00 Post_subject:

Hi does this mean you installed my package and it didn't work?
http://www.puppylinux.ca/ttuuxxx/programs/office/X-sane-Scanner-v1.0.pet
sorry but I wasn't sure.
ttuuxxx

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

thank you ttuuxxx, I download and install U_scanner pack.zip(pet inside) before i download your pet,
I install your pet, it is installed but not changing anything and the messages "no device available" when i try xsane.... could it because i installed u_scanner pack?
should I uninstall all pet from the u_scanner pack before install your pet?

btw my puppy is 301 seamonkey.

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6663 Location: lisbon

Master_wrong,

I would uninstall all scanner .pets, then try ttuuxxx's version. I've got a parallel canon N640P scanner so, since your 630 is using the same sane driver, can't see why we can't get it working.

Besides making sure that canon_pp is uncommented in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf, I just remembered another oddity. For some reason the .pet I installed didn't have libsane-canon_pp.so in /usr/lib/sane, do if you also don't have this library file, you can get it here.

Just extract the package to /, and libsane-canon_pp.so will end up in /usr/lib/sane.

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

sorry, I tried with no luck here, i've tried the puppy 4 too.

But... I tried teenpup 2008, (I think 214) with kde andd kooka, my FB630P work! after open the file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf in a text editor, & remove the comment from the line with #canon_pp.

the scan quality isn't too bright however...

thank you.

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6663 Location: lisbon

With the pupversions where it didn't work, did /usr/lib/sane have the file libsane-canon_pp.so? Regarding brightness, doesn't xsane allow you to alter this?

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6663 Location: lisbon

Ok, these are the exact steps I followed to get a canon-640Pex flatbed parallel scanner recognised on pup2.16.

I installed sane_backends-1.0.17.pet

The package manager then generated a message about a missing libgphoto library, & because I was on the .net, the manager then downloaded & installed libgphoto-2.1.6.pet. I then installed xsane-0.991.pet, changed the line, in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf, from #canon_pp to canon_pp, then restarted the window manager.

When I tried running Xsane, it doesn't see my scanner! Download libsane-canon_pp.so package, and extract to /, retry Xsane, & bingo! a working scanner.

The same general procedure should work for you, and any pupversion, with the caveat that the sane version for pup3 was missing substantial elements & it's better to go with the version compiled by ttuuxxx.

N.B. Regarding brightness, on the sane-canon_pp site, they say:

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

ok

Thanks muggins.

Master_wrong · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 455

thank muggins, I have tried again and FB630p work nicely on puppy 301.

battleshooter · Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1006 Location: Australia

Just as a side note, I found I needed sane (used petget) to get Muggins steps to work, which he didn't mention. But other than that, using his instructions my CanoScan N676U works, not flawlessly yet, needs some tweaking, but it works Smile

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6663 Location: lisbon

Battleshooter,

glad to hear you're scanner is working but, before the Spanish Inquisition arrives at my front door:

battleshooter · Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1006 Location: Australia

Sorry Muggins the Spanish Inquisition is back Smile

I don't know what it was, but for me, when I installed just the sane_backends-1.0.17.pet it didn't create /etc/sane.d for me, it was only when I installed the individual sane package that I could get my scanner alive. Maybe it was just a odd thing for me, cause no one else reported it.

Sorry to be so seemingly belligerent Embarassed

I am appreciative of this walkthrough you put up concerning the scanner