Comments on: Canon – No Interest in Supporting Products on Linux

By: Conspirito

Conspirito — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:39:09 +0000

Thank you for that information – luckily I didn`t buy the printer yet – so it will definitely not buy a Canon, accually for me now Cannon means CANNOT.

By: Herb

Herb — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:03:27 +0000

Strange stuff. I have a Canon MP730 with a flatbed scanner and it works perfectly with Ubuntu10.04. My 8400f is not found. What did Canon do to make the MP730 work?

By: free linux2008FEB131344 – Linux Enthusiasts

free linux2008FEB131344 – Linux Enthusiasts — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:52:27 +0000

[...] when I look to see my Canon 8400F and linux support it is bare. Canon supports Apple OS-X (so their tools are Linux compatible) but not the grubby free [...]

By: pmb

pmb — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:29:32 +0000

I have a lide 200 and enjoyed using it on a windows laptop but since have blown out the OS and installed fedora 12. I now have to use vbox with a guest windows 7 OS to access the scanner. Once I ditch the scanner, it will be the last Canon I purchase for any purpose including cameras, printers and scanners. Shame on Canon and now to search for an HP product that I know will work natively in Linux.

By: md

md — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:00:13 +0000

I never got it to work myself… and honestly I haven’t checked if anyone else has figured it out recently. If you find a solution I’d love to know about it. I’ve stopped buying Canon peripherals – I added an HP scanner/printer to my portfolio that works just fine.

By: Matt Callaghan

Matt Callaghan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:58 +0000

Same problems here. Unfortunately I didn’t do my research, and blindly purchase a new Canon LiDE 200 Scanner. Low and behold…. NO LINUX SUPPORT. Wow.

Their hardware has now become garbage without Linux support.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:30:01 +0000

Also looking for a Canon 8400 driver for linux. I had luck using Virtualbox but would rather have a driver.

By: Tahir

Tahir — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:08:40 +0000

I am waiting for some good guys to develop linux support for Canon Scanners. Otherwise I am through with my Canon scanner

By: md

md — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:06:02 +0000

I agree completely – it’s not that hard for them to write a linux print driver… HP’s are the best for Linux support

By: Wilson

Wilson — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:06:10 +0000

I am hunting in the web for support on my canon 3000ex but so far nothing fruitful. Might want to sale my canon for epson perhaps with better support in linux. My distro is Debian Etch.

I have been using Debian for a year and half now. As of now, I research into how well a brand support linux before i shell out for that product. All manufacturers should take heed!

By: Jean Beaudet

Jean Beaudet — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:13:12 +0000

Try VMWare Player (free and open source) with any version of Windows. You can use http://www.easyvmx.com/ to create your VM.

You can create virtual folders or better, use Samba to save the files wherever you want.

For USB auto-detection, please read http://jessedyer.blogspot.com/2007/11/ubuntu-vmware-and-usb.html.

I also wish that Canon would support Linux. This is the last canon scanner I will buy.

–
Jean

By: 8400f Wanted

8400f Wanted — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:54:33 +0000

Also waiting… with Wine, this is my last stumbling block (for the most part, anyway…)

Anyone….?

By: Blork

Blork — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:59:20 +0000

Hello. I found this post because I’m on the verge of switching from XP to Ubuntu, and I’m digging around to make sure all of my stuff is supported.

So far so good, but I’ve hit a wall with my Canoscan 8400F. I’m writing this a year and a half after your post, but I’m wondering if you were able to make your scanner work. Thanks!