Using a Canon PIXMA MX850 scanner with 32bit Ubuntu-14.o4?

[hrandiac]

I am attempting to set-up a Canon PIXMA MX850 printer/scanner for use on 32bit Ubuntu-14.04. The OS is running in a vertual environment
under VMware Fusion-6.0.5. The Canon network printer is recognized by Trusty, but not the scanner. I am a newby to Linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Ivan Craig

[pdc]

so the open-source programme sane that supports scanning in linux, says your device is completely supported http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON

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this may have something to do with the virtual environment

another possibility is to install the latest version of sane from here https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+a...buntu/sane-git ...........by necessity as not an official package, it is thereby labelled untrusted but in the world of scanner support, Rolf is very much relied on.

[StephenG]

Is there any reason this scanner/printer must be connected to the computer physically, rather than wirelessly, for the scan function to work? Neither Xsane nor Simple Scan can find the device. I've got a Pixma mx922