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Linux noobie here.Printer works just fine, but Xsane doesn't recognize my scanner. Vuescan works just fine but I don't like the watermarks from the free version. I've installed 'scangearmp-mg2100series-1.80-1-deb' and 'cnijfilter-mg2100series-3.60-1-deb' but neither xsane nor scangear finds the scanner.

1) can you COPY and PASTE this command into a terminal please

sudo dpkg -l | grep scangear

and copy and paste the result back

.........you find the terminal from ......bottom left..Menu..then 4 up ...Terminal...

Use the Menu at the top line of the terminal to copy and paste, as you will see the commands are ShiftControlC and ShiftControlV and I can't use 3 fingers at once...

2) .............how did you activate scangear ?

Here's the result:

ii scangearmp-common 1.80-1 ScanGear MP for Linux.
ii scangearmp-mg2100series 1.80-1 ScanGear MP for Linux.

After searching Google, I found some posts about using the files I mentioned. I then installed scangear by downloading the .deb files. First I installed and tried the first one. When that didn't work I found and installed the second one.

so you need both of the packages installed: the common one should be installed first; and then the specific (MG2100series) package;

the hidden how-to of running scangear is to type

scangearmp

into a terminal

...........and hit ENTER.........that should open up scangear in all its glory: scangearmp is written by Canon;

.......if this all works, you would be best with a launcher; I use Mint 13 Mate so I go to bottom bar; right-click and select ADD to PANEL

.........see thumbnail below ......... call it whatever you want...........command MUST BE as above ie scangearmp

.....you can change the default icon if you wish.........

That did it! Works like a charm! Thank you very much for your time.

oh that's great! enjoy!