Summary
Make |
Model |
Driver |
Supported |
Works? |
Ubuntu Version |
Comments |
Last Updated |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 25 |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
10.04 (Lucid) x86 |
USB scanner - works out of box with Simple Scan and gscan2pdf v0.9.29 |
2010-Jun-21 |
Canon |
CanoScan 3200F |
? |
No |
No |
v5.10 (Breezy) |
USB scanner. Is found by sane. Do not work at all |
2005-Dec-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan D1250U2 |
? |
No |
No |
v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) |
USB scanner is found but does not work at all |
2006-Oct-11 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 20 |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
v6.06 (Dapper) & v8.10 (Karmic) |
USB scanner - works out of box with SANE |
2010-Mar-06 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 25 |
plustek |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
USB scanner - works out of the box in Gutsy. |
2007-Oct-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 30 |
plustek |
Yes |
Yes |
v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy) |
USB scanner. works out of the box -- got this model specifically because SANE fully supports it, though some Canoscan LiDE models are not well supported so users need to check carefully. Hopefully I can get the front panel buttons to work soon, too. |
2005-Dec-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 35 |
genesys |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
USB scanner. works out of the box (with Xsane) |
2008-Apr-11 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 60 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
v5.10 (Breezy), v6.06 (Dapper), 9.04 (Jaunty) |
USB scanner: In 9.04, the scanner works out of the box with XSane, no driver installation necessary. Older versions: Works if you tweak the genesys driver configuration, for this and 6.06 tips see this mini howto |
2009-Sept-26 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 100 |
? |
No |
No |
|
USB scanner. Not recognized by xsane. Should work with LiDE 210 instructions but not tested. |
2010-Dec-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 110 |
? |
No |
Yes |
v10.04 (Lucid) |
USB scanner. The scanner works out of the box after adding this ppa:robert-ancell/sane-backends to your /etc/apt/sources.list, then update and install libsane and sane-utils. |
2012-May-10 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 200 |
? |
No |
No |
|
USB scanner. Not recognized by xsane. Should work with LiDE 210 instructions but not tested. |
2010-Dec-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 210 |
genesys |
No |
Yes |
v10.10 (Maverick) |
Doesn't work on stock Ubuntu 10.10. Recognized by the kernel and sane-find-scanner but the backend doesn't support it. Works if using a recent sane version from git. A PPA is available with a recent libsane version. See these instructions. |
2010-Dec-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan LiDE 500F |
? |
No |
No |
v9.04 (Jaunty) |
USB scanner. Not recognized by xsane. |
2009-Jul-08 |
Canon |
CanoScan N650U |
plustek |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
Scanner is recognized correctly but makes grinding noises. If you downgrade libsane to 1.0.15 then everything works fine. |
2007-Nov-30 |
Canon |
CanoScan N670U |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
v10.4 (Lucid) |
USB scanner. works out of the box |
2010-Jul-23 |
Canon |
CanoScan FB 630P |
canon_pp |
No |
Yes |
v6.10 (Edgy) |
Parallel port scanner. To enable automatic detection, uncomment the "canon_pp" line from /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. Run the scanning software as root. Despite the dire warnings, it was the only way I could get it to work. |
2007-Jan-04 |
Canon |
CanoScan FB 630P |
canon_pp |
No |
Yes |
v7.04 (Feisty) |
Parallel port scanner. To enable automatic detection, uncomment the "canon_pp" line from /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. To have it recognized by SANE without running it as root change the permissions on /dev/parport0 (or whatever is yours) to 777. |
2007-Sep-06 |
Canon |
CanoScan N1220U |
? |
? |
Yes |
v6.06 (Dapper) |
USB scanner. works out of the box |
2006-Sep-21 |
Canon |
CanoScan N1240U |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
|
USB scanner. works out of the box |
2005-Feb-03 |
Canon |
CanoScan 4400F |
? |
No |
No |
v8.10 intrepid |
not recognized by xsane. listed as unsupported in sane-device-database |
2008-Dec-09 |
Canon |
MP170 |
MP150 |
No |
Yes |
v7.04 (Fiesty) |
Canon Multipass scan/printer. Printer and scanner both work with the MP150 driver. |
2007-Nov-11 |
Canon |
MP210 |
? |
yes |
yes |
v8.04.1 (Hardy) |
USB "All-In One" printer/scanner. Works out of the box. |
2010-May-17 |
Canon |
MP240 |
? |
yes |
yes |
v10.4 |
USB All in one, Install libcups2...deb and (from Canon site) MP240_debian_drivers, first common packages |
2010-7-3 |
Canon |
MP380 |
? |
yes |
yes |
v8.04.1 (Hardy) |
Canon Multipass scan/printer/fax. Printer also works. |
2008-Jul-25 |
Canon |
MP390 |
? |
No |
No |
v5.10 (Breezy) |
Canon Multipass scan/printer/fax. Printer works with a BJC-7000 Gimp driver, but the scanner doesn't seem to be supported. |
2006-Mar-05 |
Canon |
PIXMA MP640 |
sane |
No |
Yes |
v9.10 (Karmic) |
This and many other models are fully supported by the latest sane-backend. Unfortunately Ubuntu uses an older version, so follow this sane-backend installation tutorial to get the latest sane-backend |
2010-Jul-22 |
Canon |
PIXMA MP960 |
Wittawat Yamwong's driver v0.13.1 |
No |
Yes |
v7.04 (Feisty) |
USB "All-In One" printer/scanner. Out of the box this scanner is not recognized, but after I installed this driver, XSane recognized this device at once. Driver located at ---> http://home.arcor.de/wittawat/pixma/ How to install at ---> http://home.arcor.de/wittawat/pixma/ubuntu-howto.html |
2007-Jul-20 |
Canon |
PIXMA MP960 |
? |
No |
No |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
USB "All-In One" printer/scanner. Out of the box this scanner is not recognized. Also, there had been a regression, the Wittawat Yamwong's driver v0.13.1 in a fresh Ubuntu v7.10 installation does not work anymore. |
2007-Dec-10 |
Canon |
PIXMA MP960 |
Pixma v0.13.1 |
Yes |
yes |
v8.10 Intrepid Ibex |
This is a USB "All-In One" printer/scanner. |
2008-Nov-11 |