[sane-devel] "scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument" with a Canon LiDE 220 scanner

[Ralph Little]

Hi,

On 2021-03-03 4:26 a.m., YuGiOhJCJ via sane-devel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I own a Canon LiDE 220 scanner.
> This scanner is working perfectly fine on Windows 8.1 (64-bit) so I
> suppose that it is not broken.
>
> Here is what happens when I try to use it with SANE on Slackware 14.2
> (64-bit):
> ---
> $ scanimage --version
> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.32; backend version 1.0.32
> $ scanimage -L
> device `genesys:libusb:001:004' is a Canon LiDE 220 flatbed scanner
> $ scanimage >image.pnm
> Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
> scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument
> ---
Sounds like this is more than an isolated incident:

https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/439

Cheers,
Ralph