Re: [libreoffice-users] LO not finding my scanner

This appears not to be a Linux specific issue. I can't speak for macOS
users, but it is definitely a problem with LO 6.0.1.1 on all of my WIN 7
and Linux boxes, where I have zero scanning issues using LO 5.4 or other
office software.

Has anyone entered a bug report yet?

Dave

On 08.02.2018 16:45, Tim-L wrote:
> Yes, I tried Insert > Media > Select Source.  It does not show my
> print/scan/copy - Canon TS9020.
>
> Canon's Linux driver for scanning does not work with xsane.  They call
> their interface "scangearmp2".  This has hardly and options compared
> to "scangearmp" which was use for the previous printer/scanners I have
> had [all dead now].
>
> Yes, I have 64-bit Ubuntu Mate, LibreOffice, and Canon drivers.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> On a side note:
>
> This is the first Canon printer that I bought that has Linux drivers
> in their USA web site.  I always had to go to the UK site to get the
> drivers. At least Canon is starting to get the picture that a lot of
> people in the USA are Linux users.
>
>
>
> On 02/07/2018 07:32 PM, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:27:33 -0800
> > Girvin Herr <gherrl@fastmail.com> wrote:
> > > Another datapoint:
> > >
> > > I tried it with LO 5.3.4.2 under xfce and Slackware 14.2 Linux with
> > > my Epson 1660 Photo USB scanner and it worked fine with Insert >
> > > Media > Scan > Select Source.
> > >
> > > Girvin Herr
> > And another datapoint:
> >
> > I tried with LO 5.4.4.2 under LXDE on openSUSE Leap 42.3 with an Epson
> > Stylus Photo RX620 and got a 'Due to an unexpected error, LibreOffice
> > crashed.' (It's one of those annoyingly unhelpful error dialogs that
> > won't let you copy the text. GRR!)
> >
> > After restarting LO, it scanned fine. I'll still prefer to use xsane.
> >
> > > On 02/07/2018 03:12 PM, Dave Barton wrote:
> > > > After seeing Tim's post I checked and Insert > Media > Scan > Select
> > > > Source... opens an empty dialog and Insert > Media > Scan >
> > > > Request... silently fails.
> > > > Version: 6.0.0.3 (x64) Build ID:
> > > > 64a0f66915f38c6217de274f0aa8e15618924765 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows
> > > > 6.1; UI render: GL;
> > > >
> > > > No issues with scan in either AOO or MS Office on the same machine.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > > On 07.02.2018 22:50, Joe Conner wrote:
> > > > > Did you use the menu tree INSERT -> MEDIA -> SCAN?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 02/07/2018 02:25 PM, Tim-L wrote:
> > > > > > I just installed 6.0.0.3 64-bit DEB for Ubuntu MATE 16.04LTS.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was looking at some things and I went to
> > > > > > "Insert/Media/Scan/Select Source".  LO could not find my Canon
> > > > > > TS9020 printer/scanner. I even opened the printer's scan utility
> > > > > > and still LO could not find the scanner.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is the first time I looked into using a scanner withing LO,
> > > > > > so I do not know if it is a 6.0.0 issue or 5.4.4 or earlier issue.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > >   

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