Konica Minolta Pagepro 1580mf Scanner installation problem

arijitkm · 04-21-2018, 10:43 AM

I have installed my Konica Minolta Pagepro 1580mf printer driver in Ubuntu 17.10, for which the printer is working properly. But scanner of the said printer not detected in the system, (Previously it was working properly in MS windows). I have also installed 'Sane'.

I am a newbie in linux. Please guide me in this matter.

Thanks.

AwesomeMachine · 04-21-2018, 05:04 PM

Did you try this driver: http://bt.konicaminolta.in/pro-1580mf-drivers/

arijitkm · 04-22-2018, 12:14 AM

Thanks for the response.

Yes, I have already downloaded driver from the link, for which only printer (except scanner) is working.

AwesomeMachine · 04-22-2018, 01:22 AM

Have you tried to find the scanner with scanimage and sane-find-scanner?

arijitkm · 04-22-2018, 07:52 AM

After scanimage

Quote:

no SANE devices found

After sane-find-scanner

Quote:

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x046d, product=0x08af) at libusb:003:004
could not fetch string descriptor: Pipe error
could not fetch string descriptor: Pipe error
found USB scanner (vendor=0x132b, product=0x20ec) at libusb:003:005
# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

# Not checking for parallel port scanners.

# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.

(marked the line in 'Red', which detecting my scanner.)

Thanks

AwesomeMachine · 04-23-2018, 08:34 PM

Then the Linux driver probably doesn't include the scanner.

arijitkm · 04-25-2018, 12:11 AM

Is it possible install the scanner through 'backend'
And, if possible, then how to.

Thanks.

AwesomeMachine · 04-25-2018, 07:20 AM

Backend just means the sane backend. It doesn't appear as though there is a sane backend for your scanner. It isn't even listed with openprinting.org. And Konica Minolta doesn't specify whether the print drivers work with the scanner.