Pixma MP540

[Lepjuha]

I found good advices to make mp540 printing. Now I don't know how to get the scanner working. I don't even now how to scan with Linux.

[whych]

The canon site has debian drivers for this printer. Try them.

[Lepjuha]

Yes. I used these drivers and got it printing. The problem is how to scan.

[whych]

Does ubuntu recognise the scanner? If it does, you should be able to scan from most office type and imaging software. Try in open office - insert>picture.

Most linux distros want sane intalled for the scanner to workhttp://www.sane-project.org/. It should be in one of the ubuntu/debian repos. It comes with both command-line and graphic interfaces. You may have to install it first.

[Marg]

I couldn't get the scanner to work with Sane and found that
it can use the Canon Scangear software instead.

For scanning I got it working as follows:
After extracting the printer driver download from Canon there
will be MP540_debian_scangear.tar which contains
scangearmp-common_1.20-1_i386.deb (install this first)
scangearmp-mp540series_1.20-1_i386 deb (then install this)

now open a terminal and type scangearmp
this runs the Canon Scangear scanner software