setting up mp280 canon scanner

gordie1969 · 05-12-2013, 12:06 PM

I installed Mageia 2 64 bit on my system and trying to set up my mp280 canon scanner I got the printer setup but in the control center there is no mp280 to setup

John VV · 05-12-2013, 01:14 PM

Cannon is very well known for NOT supporting any os other than MS Windows
if it is not on the S.A.N.E. list
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html

it is likely not supported

use Windows to scan
or
buy a supported scanner

but the The PIXMA MP280 is listed a "good" for usb

you need to have SANE installed
should be by default

there should be a GUI for xsane