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How to make CanoScan LiDE70 compatible with LinuxMint or LMDE ?

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Debian, Linux Mint

I’ve tried almost everything to get LinuxMint to install the drivers for the CanoScan LiDE70 but it would appear to be a hopeless situation. Canon doesn’t support Linux (at least not for this version).

Perhaps somene here has a few good suggestions?

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  1. danielson on May 21, 2012

    Trial and error.
    Thanks for sharing.
    They should eventually place a “stickie” for linux compatible drivers for scanners somewhere. Now, that would probably take all the fun out of it wouldn’t it? ;)

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  2. danielson on May 18, 2012

    Good idea! Didn’t think about that one.
    Problem is, i don’t think i saw any from Canon itself.

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    • finid on May 21, 2012

      Canon is well-represented in the printer database.

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  3. finid on May 18, 2012

    In a situation like this, what I do is attempt a manual configuration and look for a model as close to the one you have.

    It usually works, but you may have to try several models before you find one that works.

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