Re: printer advice
Peter Barker via linux-aus <[email protected]>
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My Canon PIXMA MG3660 scans fine using Skanlite (or XSane for more control). I don't do very much printing, but have had no problems. Using driver Canon MG3600 series Ver.5.20 - I think this is part of CUPS on Ubuntu? Peter Barker On 31/5/23 09:16, NeilBrown via linux-aus wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2023, Russell Stuart wrote: >> >> The scanners on the MFP's are a different story. Mine scans (it's a >> ET-5170). But getting scanners to work has always been a struggle for >> me. The ET-5170 does scan from my laptop (and phone) using the Epson >> supplied close source binary. It's GUI looked very pretty on start up >> but isn't particularly ergonomic, and it segfaults on occasion. In my >> experience that's par for the course for vendor supplied software. If >> you can find a scanner supported by SANE you can use open source >> software, which will be more reliable. I couldn't. > > The easiest way to scan on my MFPs is to connect to the embedded web > server. It works, and doesn't require closed software (outside the > computer). It certainly isn't ideal for high throughput, but the > hardware itself can only take one page at a time, so if I wanted high > throughput, I would buy different hardware. > > If I REALLY wanted to I could probably write a script with curl to > automate some of it. > > NeilBrown > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to linux-aus-unsubscribe-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org