Re: No Backends found

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Okay, try this:

1. Uninstall Canon's official "driver"
2. Unplug and plug back in your scanner.
3. Try this line in Terminal:

scanimage -v --format=3Dpng -o ~/Desktop/test.png

Let us know the output.  We're basically gathering info here to help you
out.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 6:53=E2=80=AFPM Joe Zeff <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 6/25/26 3:38 PM, Kelly Price wrote:
> > ...I think things are just going to work.  If you have a printed photo
> > of your pet available to use as a test scan, put it in the scanner now.
> > Then from the Terminal:
> >
> > scanimage --format=3Dpng -o ~/Desktop/test.png
> >
> > If things work out, your scanner will scan the pic and then put the
> > result on your desktop as a PNG file.
>
> I don't have a printed picture of my cat, but I took a picture I had,
> printed it out and used that.  Here's the output:
>
> scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O
>
> I did get a file on my desktop, but it was zero bytes, and went away
> when scanimage was done.
>


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Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price
http://redwolf.ws

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Okay, try this:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Uninstall=
 Canon&#39;s official &quot;driver&quot;</div><div>2. Unplug and plug back =
in your scanner.</div><div>3. Try this line in Terminal:<br><br></div><div>=
scanimage -v --format=3Dpng -o ~/Desktop/test.png</div><div><br></div><div>=
Let us know the output.=C2=A0 We&#39;re basically gathering info here to he=
lp you out.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"=
><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 6:53=E2=80=
=AFPM Joe Zeff &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 6/25/26 3:3=
8 PM, Kelly Price wrote:<br>
&gt; ...I think things are just going to work.=C2=A0 If you have a printed =
photo <br>
&gt; of your pet available to use as a test scan, put it in the scanner now=
.=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; Then from the Terminal:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; scanimage --format=3Dpng -o ~/Desktop/test.png<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; If things work out, your scanner will scan the pic and then put the <b=
r>
&gt; result on your desktop as a PNG file.<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t have a printed picture of my cat, but I took a picture I had, <=
br>
printed it out and used that.=C2=A0 Here&#39;s the output:<br>
<br>
scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O<br>
<br>
I did get a file on my desktop, but it was zero bytes, and went away <br>
when scanimage was done.<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><br><span class=3D"gmail_si=
gnature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Ke=
lly &quot;STrRedWolf&quot; Price<br><a href=3D"http://redwolf.ws" target=3D=
"_blank">http://redwolf.ws</a></div>

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