unable to scan from mg5350 since ubuntu 15.10

[Martin]

My printer is connected to the local network through wifi.

$ simple-scan -d
[+0,00s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:674: Starting Simple Scan 3.18.1, PID=5623
[+0,00s] DEBUG: Connecting to session manager
[+0,05s] DEBUG: ui.vala:2018: Loading state from /home/martin/.cache/simple-scan/state
[+0,05s] DEBUG: ui.vala:1986: Restoring window to 883x400 pixels
[+0,05s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:64: Loading autosave information
[+0,05s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:259: Waiting to autosave...
[+0,05s] CRITICAL: gtk_event_controller_reset: assertion 'GTK_IS_EVENT_CONTROLLER (controller)' failed
[+0,09s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1446: sane_init () -> SANE_STATUS_GOOD
[+0,09s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1452: SANE version 1.0.25
[+0,09s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1513: Requesting redetection of scan devices
[+0,09s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:802: Processing request
[+0,15s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:281: Autosaving book information
[+0,20s] DEBUG: ui.vala:2109: Saving state to /home/martin/.cache/simple-scan/state
[+1,70s] DEBUG: ui.vala:2109: Saving state to /home/martin/.cache/simple-scan/state
[+2,00s] DEBUG: ui.vala:2109: Saving state to /home/martin/.cache/simple-scan/state
[+4,03s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:338: sane_get_devices () -> SANE_STATUS_GOOD
[+4,03s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:350: Device: name="pixma:MG5300_192.168.1.83" vendor="CANON" model="Canon PIXMA MG5300" type="multi-function peripheral"

(here I click the scan button)

[+5,85s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:404: Requesting scan at 150 dpi from device 'pixma:MG5300_192.168.1.83'
[+5,85s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1559: Scanner.scan ("pixma:MG5300_192.168.1.83", dpi=150, scan_mode=ScanMode.GRAY, depth=2, type=ScanType.SINGLE, paper_width=0, paper_height=0, brightness=0, contrast=0)
[+5,85s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:802: Processing request
[+6,39s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:863: sane_open ("pixma:MG5300_192.168.1.83") -> SANE_STATUS_INVAL
[+6,39s] WARNING: scanner.vala:867: Unable to get open device: Invalid argument
[+6,50s] DEBUG: ui.vala:2109: Saving state to /home/martin/.cache/simple-scan/state

[Van Eyck (sebastien-vaneyck)]

Still no news on this issue? Anyone found a workaround? (even with a different scanning app)

[Dave Goldsbrough (daveg-k)]

At the time of writing this, these 3 packages need to be downloaded and installed.

libsane-common_1.0.26~git20151121-1_all.deb
libsane_1.0.26~git20151121-1_amd64.deb
libjpeg62-turbo_1.5.1-1_amd64.deb

The first two packages can be found in the Debian experimental libs at this link https://packages.debian.org/experimental/libs/

The last package I found in this link https://packages.debian.org/sid/libjpeg62-turbo

In some cases you may need to navigate to an ftp mirror site to actually download. Once downloaded, simply install each package as root i.e sudo dpkg -i package

I have tested with simple-scan, xsane, and scangearmp and all works fine.