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    Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    i've downloaded the driver from here( http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/con...100392902.html ) installed it, rebooted computer, launched xsane scanner, still it gives me cant detect any scanner device thing. The printer works great but scanner..meh

    Thanks in advance.

    I'm running ElementaryOS (based on Ubuntu 12.04) 64bit
    Printer: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170.

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    Re: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    I have also Canon Pixma. (MG2250).

    Try to run scangearmp on terminal.
    This is the scanner software you installed

    You have to switch on your Pixma, otherwise scangearmp says "no scanner found"

    Yup, looks like XSANE cannot find your scanner, also if switched on. --> Use the "scangearmp" in terminal.
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    Re: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    resistent is absolutely right

    you can get the guide to ScanGear from here

    http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/c...300578001.html

    it comes down as guidemg2100series-sd-1.80-1_en.tar.gz so if you open with archive manager; and extract files to Desktop and look for the icon guide_index.htm and click or double-click on that; it opens a tab in Firefox and you may find some helpful stuff there;

    Enjoy

    scangearmp
    ........most folks make a launcher to ........launch ScanGearMP in future ......

    the thumbnail shows what the guide looks like when you open it

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    and you can also run it from within GIMP File....................Create..........ScanGearMP...........
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    Re: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    wow thanks guys that worked great! i went to ubuntu irc channel no one was able to figure out how to make it work. i guess u guys are the better ones huh
    but is there a way to run scangearmp off terminal? its my sister who wnated to use the scanner and shes like computer dumb(even on windows machine) getting her to type something on terminal is like waiting for a disaster to happen
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    Re: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    if you create a launcher

    http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10...-ubuntu-12-10/

    that creates an icon for someone to click on.....to launch ScanGearMP

    so the commands are

    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
    then

    sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ --create-new
    the create new command opens a dialogue box, as in the thumbnail I enclose

    the command in the dialogue box that opens must be

    scangearmp
    but the name can be whatever you so want .........

    let us know how it goes

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    to edit LibreOffice settings you can create a launcher for that...........using the above ......

    its command in the dialogue box is

    /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/spadmin
    with the launchers you can change the icon picture as you so wish......endless tinkering!!
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    Last edited by pdc; May 23rd, 2013 at 07:49 AM.

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    Re: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    Also, in ScanGearMP I had better results in "Advanted Mode" (I wanted smaller file size, with acceptable scanning quality)

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    Re: Canon All-in-one Pixma MG2170 drivers?

    Quote Originally Posted by pdc View Post
    let us know how it goes
    it went super well! dude you're a legend! thanks

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