Releases: philipyaz/p215-scan
Release list
P215 Scan 1.1.0
The app is now fully self-contained — SANE (scanimage + the canon_dr backend) is bundled inside, so there is nothing else to install. No Homebrew required.
Install
Without Homebrew:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/philipyaz/p215-scan/main/install.sh | bashWith Homebrew:
brew install --cask philipyaz/tap/p215-scanOr download the zip below and drop P215 Scan.app into /Applications (a browser-downloaded zip is quarantined: allow the first launch under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway).
Changes since 1.0.0
- SANE is embedded in the app bundle (1.5 MB, relocatable, ad-hoc signed); the app prefers it and falls back to a system
scanimage install.sh: one-line installer for Macs without Homebrew — quarantine-free by construction- Bundled third-party licenses and source pointers ship in
Contents/Frameworks/sane/licenses/ - The Homebrew cask no longer needs the
sane-backendsformula
Requires macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon.
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P215 Scan 1.0.0
First public release: a native arm64 macOS app for the Canon imageFORMULA P-215II.
Install
brew install --cask philipyaz/tap/p215-scanOr download P215.Scan-1.0.0.zip below, drop P215 Scan.app into /Applications, and brew install sane-backends. The app is not notarized — Homebrew 6 installs it ready to launch, but with a hand-downloaded zip (or an older Homebrew) macOS may ask you to allow the first launch under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
Setup
Set the scanner's rear Auto Start switch to OFF, plug it in, scan (⌘R).
Highlights
- Scan through SANE's
canon_drbackend: duplex, blank-page detection, deskew, auto-rotate - Page editor: rotate, straighten, trim, brightness/contrast, greyscale, B&W
- Export PDF / TIFF / JPEG / PNG with an invisible OCR text layer (14 languages, Apple Vision)
- Presets and one-click scan-to-folder jobs
- A fully reverse-engineered spec of Canon's Auto Start "file tunnel" transport in
reference/protocol/
Requires macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon, plus sane-backends from Homebrew.
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