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1455490 2018-11-10 20:22:00 Brother has a new Canon printer scaner copier , Model PIXMA (TS6100 series)

Unable to find a scanner gear driver to work with Linux mint 18. At all, cable or wifi.


it won't detect, not any of the scangearmps nor simple scan nor sane via terminal.

Tried mine (Canon MB2160) and that works fine via cable but won't show on wifi. He can see mine as printer just fine via wifi so we're out of ideas on the scan part.
piroska (17583)
1455491 2018-11-10 20:27:00 Dont the ones on Canon site work ? The Linux ones there are dated 2015 www.canon.co.nz wainuitech (129)
1455492 2018-11-10 21:56:00 Is the Sane-backend library up to date?

I had a number of updates just this morning.
B.M. (505)
1455493 2018-11-11 05:07:00 wainuitech: No

B.M: Yes, updated it to be sure
piroska (17583)
1455494 2018-11-11 06:57:00 I know you are anti Windows these days but does the printer combo actually work on Windows gary67 (56)
1455495 2018-11-11 07:30:00 He doesn't have Windows. He has an android phone and the scanner can't be seen on that, nor his Linux laptop, nor his Linux PC.

Print does..which is why we tried via cable but you can't get it to see it that way either.
His old Canon (print/scan) worked fine on all devices.
piroska (17583)
1455496 2018-11-11 17:17:00 No worries so it is working then, which answers the question gary67 (56)
1455497 2018-11-11 19:52:00 No it does not.
It prints, it does not scan, it is not detected no matter what we try with scan.

Never mind, Geekzone had some more useful help.
piroska (17583)
1455498 2018-11-11 20:07:00 Found some instructions, no idea if its of any use or not --- but one part of the article doesn't exactly sound to good. :(


Instructions for Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint 17

The Canon PIXMA printers do not work anymore for recent linux distributions.

linux.wikia.com
wainuitech (129)
1455499 2018-11-11 20:42:00 I've got 3 Canon PIXMA Printers that Print and Scan fine on Mint 18 including Wireless. B.M. (505)
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