Installing Scanner -- Canon DR-2580C

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to install my Canon scanner model DR-2580C and use it with xsane.  I'm stuck at the most basic level.  If anyone could help me get it working, I'd really appreciate the help.
When I first try
scanimage -L
I get
No scanners were identified
But then if I unplug it from my usb and replug it in, scanimage -L gives me:
device `canon_dr:libusb:002:010' is a CANON DR-2580C scanner
I installed xsane and gocr as detailed here:  http://www.archlinuxuser.com/2013/01/ho … ls-on.html
But when I run xsane GUI and try to scan, it reports an error
Invalid argument
I also have tried to follow the command line instructions for xsane as described at here:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Scanning
When I try
scanimage --format=tiff > test.tiff
I again get
Invalid argument
So following the instructions there, I try to add the device specification to the command:
scanimage --device canon_dr:libusb:002:010 --format=tiff >test555.tiff
But I still get
Invalid argument
At this point, I'm stuck, except I can at least tell you that I've check to see what sort of linux support there is for this specific scanner and it's supposed to have "Complete" support, the best possibility.  I found that here:
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane- … l#SCANNERS
Any ideas?
Ultimately, I'd like to get it working where I can use the 3 buttons on the outside of the scanner to specify (a) text scan (b) grayscale scan and (c) color scan, and then have any of them automatically ocr-ed and turned into a pdf.  But for now, I'm just trying to do a basic scan.
Thank you,
Rick

Answer 1

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
At this point in time, Canon only offers three models of DR scanners with Mac OS X support; the P150, the DR2010C and the DR2510C. Your DR2580C has no official Mac OS X support.
So you could look at third party packages like VueScan or SANE, although these tend to offer support for the consumer scanners rather than the high volume business scanners.
Or you could get a virtual machine application for your Mac like VMware Fusion or Parallels and run Windows XP, Vista or 7. This may prove the cheapest and easiest option if you don't need to scan all the time. But if you need to scan often then I suggest having a Windows computer permanently connected to the DR2580C and share the scans folder so the Mac can connect directly to it.
Pahu