scan on canon printer
although true that canon provides poor support for linux, the drivers for many (at least all I have owned so far) canon products is availabe on the web pages for singapore or australia. I have used 'scangear' app, availabe from the same site listed in the original post started, from command line without problems. if the debian pkg doesnt work (or not using a debian based distro) the source pkg is availabe. while some people like decorated windows i would much rather type one command that asks for the document location and then just works. as for the suggestion to 'buy an new printer' i say screw that. the reason i use linux is because i want to use my computer how i decide, why should a printer or any other gadget be any different. i have yet to find anything that i could not use on linux thanks to the awesome individuals who give their time and knowledge to create the software. who needs corporate support when you have community support? just give us the code that runs the products we buy and we will do the rest!
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