Successful Canon MX922 All-In-One Scanner Operation on Network/WIFI

[kenj66]

For three years running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 I never could get my scanner to work. I'm now running Neon but I think this process will work with Mint as well.
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After much trial and error I can report the successful setup of the Canon PIXMA MX-920 series All-In-One printer/scanner on network/wifi. 3/30/2018

1. Terminal: "sane-find-scanner" command shows only SCSI, USB and parallel-port scanners. No network printers will show up using this command!

2. Terminal: "scanimage -L" command returns, device `pixma:MX920_192.168.0.30' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MX920 Series multi-function peripheral (at least mine does since installing the Canon printer). Best to assign a static IP address.

3. Using software center/package manager add 'sane' scanner graphical "backend." Also add sane-utils and libsane-extras.
Terminal: sudo apt install sane sane-utils libsane-extras

4. Add sane-git repository in order to recieve updates:
Terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:reolfbensch/sane-git
Terminal: sudo apt-get updates

5. Install a scanner "frontend" application such as Xsane, Simplescan or similar.

6. Firewall, by default, blocks most incoming requests. To allow scanner traffic add 'Scanner' both directions on port 8612.
Ref: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux ... ane-pixma/

References (thank you to all resource owners!):
1. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2362915
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/sane
3. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-frontends.html

-=Ken=-

[klrkt]

I had years of problem on Windows 10 network.
I just installed Linux Mint and now printer, scanner work - over the network.
I downloaded canon PIXMA MX920 from here: NOTE 2.1
https://canonscannerdrivers.com/2018/01 ... IudGFyLmd6
ALSO available HERE:
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/port ... _downloads
Then
1. EXTRACT it to: /home/a/scangearmp-mx920series-2.10-1-deb
2. INSTALLED DEPENDENCY one:
sudo apt install libpango1.0-0
2. cd /home/a/scangearmp-mx920series-2.10-1-deb
3. Run the install file from downloaded software ./install.sh
4. INSTALLED DEPENDENCY two:
apt-get install cups
5. Firefox browser: View CUPS homepage and install PRINTER.
http://localhost:631/

SCANNER
run scangearmp in terminal

Have created PDF from scanner. With OCR - to PDF. But have not figured out how to find and use "Image Garden" with linux.
- will update

[brian_p]

1. Terminal: "sane-find-scanner" command shows only SCSI, USB and parallel-port scanners. No network printers will show up using this command!

Surprise; surprise.

2. Terminal: "scanimage -L" command returns, device `pixma:MX920_192.168.0.30' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MX920 Series multi-function peripheral (at least mine does since installing the Canon printer). Best to assign a static IP address.

Why?

[klrkt]

Actually on my system scanimage -L reports No scanners were identified.
I have my MX920 device attached to another Windows 10 computer - but I have configured wifi, ip address etc on the MX920 device, so that I can use it on my linux mint system.
My guess is that you have your device attached to your computer and you have not configured the wifi, etc. - which it may be trying to suggest.

What do you have here? -> http://localhost:631/

[kenj66]

1. Terminal: "sane-find-scanner" command shows only SCSI, USB and parallel-port scanners. No network printers will show up using this command!

Surprise; surprise.



Why?

Whoops! Forum quotes don't seem to follow two quotes deep. Your question is, "Why assign a static IP address?" Because dynamically assigned IP addresses can be reassigned periodically and if that happens then your scanner won't work - again. By assigning a static address it will be "nailed down" so it never changes.
-=Ken=-