The following models have at least been tested or reported to work fine with Sane. Note that the procedure here can be used also for installing the version 1.0.20 of the Sane library.Īll recent PIXMA and ImageClass models are supported, see the man pages or doc pages for more information. As always, the Sane git version contains the latest release of the Sane pixma backend. This little guide will explain you how to get the latest Sane git version to be installed on your system. Old articles have been retailored, this main tutorial has now all the necessary stuff to get your Pixma scanner ready to use with Sane. So it became necessary to rationalize all the older articles posted on that blog, in order to guide users to the sole and correct solution to install the pixma backend on their system.

Support is either natively brought by the Linux distribution you're running, latest models or bug fixes become available by using the git version

Many Canon Pixma models are supported directly by the Sane Library (through the pixma backend), and the use of an older specific driver is not necessary anymore.

Canon pixma mp800 driver linux