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I switched today from Windows to Linux. I have a Canon i-SENSYS MF4380dn multifunction printer that is available via network (ethernet). At the Canon site I could find the printer driver and I was able to register the device as network printer. Now I want to install/configure the scanner. I tried different ways via sane etc., e. g. this one: askubuntu but I don't really get how to do the configuration for the network mode. Simple Scan tells me that there is no scanner reachable. Can somebody help me? Thanks in advance.

Stefan
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  • so SANE is the open-source support for scanning; http://www.sane-project.org/ and if one drills into it, they feel your device is supported; in both the stable; and development variants; however I have seen several cases where adding the development ppa helps; so I suggest that; to add this, there are two commands `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git` and `sudo apt-get update` as here https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git – pdc Nov 11 '17 at 06:49
  • there is a file called pixma.conf that lives in /etc/sane.d/ and you may well need to edit that; to add your network address and if you use the text editor the command would `gksudo gedit /etc/sane.d/pixma.conf` to open it so you can change it; to just look at the command is `gedit /etc/sane.d/pixma.conf`so perhaps do that first so you can see what is involved; this link covers this area https://askubuntu.com/questions/75887/how-do-i-add-a-canon-pixma-mx860-network-printer – pdc Nov 11 '17 at 06:55
  • Sorry for the late response. I added `bjnp://192.168.2.199` (thats the ip of my device) to the `pixma.conf`. If I try to find my scanner via `sudo sane-find-scanner` or `scanimage -L`it will not work. I already pulled and installed the sane stuff. Any ideas? – Stefan Nov 20 '17 at 21:04
  • `sudo scanimage -L [bjnp] udp_command: ERROR - no data received (timeout = 1000) [bjnp] bjnp_init_device_structure: Cannot read mac address, skipping this scanner [bjnp] udp_command: ERROR - no data received (timeout = 1000) [bjnp] add_scanner: ERROR - Cannot read scanner make & model: bjnp://192.168.2.199:8612/timeout=1000` – Stefan Nov 20 '17 at 21:14
  • I wondered which version of Ubuntu? you have installed; I ask because the latest; 17.10 seems to have issues with scanners: I have now seen several posts where issues are described; – pdc Nov 21 '17 at 03:14
  • I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – Stefan Nov 22 '17 at 19:54
  • Any ideas or at least a hint to go ahead? – Stefan Dec 04 '17 at 21:42
  • if you subscribe to the SANE mailing list and see if they can help http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel – pdc Dec 05 '17 at 00:49
  • Ok, thanks. This device is not supported by SANE. – Stefan Dec 21 '17 at 15:54

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