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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 in-
       terface	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,	E3600, E4500
	      PIXMA G600, G2000, G2010,	G2030, G2070, G2100, G3030, G3070
	      PIXMA G3080, G3090, G4000, G4070,	G4080, G4511
	      PIXMA GX1000, GX2000, GX3000, GX4000, GX6000, GX6500, 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 TC-20M, TC-5200M
	      PIXMA TR4500, TR4600, TR4700
	      PIXMA TS2400, TS2600, TS3100, TS3300, TS3450, TS3451, TS3452
	      PIXMA TS3500, TS3600, TS3700, TS5000, TS5100, TS5150, TS5350i
	      PIXMA TS5400, TS6100, TS6200, TS7530, TS7450i ,TS8000, TS8200
	      PIXMA TS8530, TS8630, TS8800
	      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  de-
       clared in the backend so	that they get recognized and activated.	 Feed-
       back 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,	TR7800,	TR8500,	TR8530,	TR8580
	      TR8600
	      PIXMA TR8630, TR9530
	      PIXMA TS3400, TS5100, TS6000, TS6130,  TS6180,  TS6230,  TS6280,
	      TS6300
	      PIXMA  TS6330,  TS6330,  TS6380, TS6400, TS6630, TS6730, TS7330,
	      TS7400,
	      PIXMA TS7430, TS7600i, TS7700, TS7700A, TS7700i, TS8100, TS8130
	      PIXMA TS8180, TS8230, TS8280, TS8300,  TS8330,  TS8380,  TS8700,
	      TS9000
	      PIXMA TS9100, TS9180, TS9500, TS9580
	      PIXUS  MP5,  XK50,  XK60,	XK70, XK80, XK90, XK100, XK110,	XK120,
	      XK130
	      PIXUS XK500
	      imageCLASS MF720,	MF810/820, MF5630, MF5650, MF5750, MF8170c
	      imageCLASS MPC190, D550
	      i-SENSYS MF110, MF220, MF260, MF410, MF420, MF510, MF520,	MF740,
	      MF750
	      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 re-
       quired 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. Design 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  be-
       low).  Users feedback is	essential to help improve features and perfor-
       mances.

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 un-
	      til 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 exam-
	      ple.)

       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()  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>]

	      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 lit-
		     eral IPv6-address or bjnp://myscanner.mydomain.org	for  a
		     hostname.

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

	      timeout
		     scanner-specific timeout value for	the network  protocol.
		     The value is in ms.

	      Define each scanner each on a separate 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 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:

	      networking=no
		     If	 the  first non-commented line contains	this entry all
		     networking	will be	disabled.  All further	statements  in
		     the configuration file will be ignored.

	      auto_detection=no
		     This  line	 will cause auto-detection to be skipped.  Ex-
		     plicitly 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 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  ad-
       dress  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 al-
       low  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 di-
       rectly connected	to your	computer.

ENVIRONMENT
       SANE_DEBUG_PIXMA
	      If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this en-
	      vironment	variable controls the debug level for this backend it-
	      self. Higher value increases the verbosity and includes the  in-
	      formation	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 en-
	      vironment	 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 experimental support for
	      further 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/lo-
	      cal/etc/sane.d.	If  the	value of the environment variable ends
	      with the directory separator character, then the default	direc-
	      tories  are searched after the explicitly	specified directories.
	      For example, setting SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would re-
	      sult in directories tmp/config, ., and /usr/local/etc/sane.d be-
	      ing 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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