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I bought a Canon PIXMA MG6150 and i am new at ubuntu. With the drivers from Canon i got it running a as a printer, but i have problems using it as scanner. With the Canon drivers it runs under GIMP with Scangear MP. But i want to use XSANE or gscan2pdf and in these programs it doesn't work. They tell me that no devices are available. Can anyone help me?

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Canon has chosen not to provide official support for Ubuntu, and this limits what you can do. To make a PDF of a scanned document first scan it in GIMP, save the .jpg image, then drag the .jpg image into a new document in Libre Office. Export the document as a PDF. Done. – Tom Brossman Jan 2 '12 at 17:28
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Canon has chosen not to provide official support for Ubuntu, and this limits what you can do. You can't use it with gscan2pdf, for example.

To make a PDF of a scanned document:

  1. Scan it in GIMP
  2. Save the .jpg image
  3. Drag the .jpg image into a new document in Libre Office
  4. Export the document as a PDF

Experiment with both the image scan quality, as well as the PDF export quality, to get a reasonably small PDF. I usually scan at 300dpi, then adjust the PDF export quality to get the best results.

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This is so inefficient. And how do you scan 40 pages contract? – Kave Jun 19 '12 at 8:04
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@Kave Agreed. Scan a 40 page contract by getting rid of the Canon and replacing it with a HP machine, then scan like normal with gscan2pdf. Or, try scanning the docs standalone and save to a USB thumb drive plugged in to the scanner. There is no other way until Canon provides a utility or provides source code. – Tom Brossman Jun 19 '12 at 19:44
I didn't think about the USB stick. Thats a great solution. Thank you :) Its also much faster since its done by hardware. A shame Canon is so Linux unfriendly. Which HP All-in-One Printer or else would you recommend that supports Ubuntu? – Kave Jun 22 '12 at 17:07
@Kave I was being a bit sarcastic, Canon provides some Linux support which I appreciate. HP's Linux support has historically been far better. Just search here or look on Amazon and search the user reviews for 'Ubuntu' to find one. – Tom Brossman Jun 23 '12 at 0:01

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