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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 25 Sep 2001.
Re: binaty for bug!

Re: binaty for bug!

>>>>>   Does anyone know how to get a Agfa SnapScan 1212p
>>>>>   work in WindowsME?
>>>>>
>>>>Upgrade to Win2000 or WinXP .. :) *g*
>>>>
>>>Or upgrade even further to Linux!
>>>
>>Linux is cool .. but hardly known for it's great hardware-support.
>>I don't think his odds finding a linux driver are good.
>>
> 
> 
> Often Linux has support for some hardware before other vendors do, as
> long as the specifications are available.  The problem with scanners
> is that the SANE developers have a hard time getting the specs for a
> large number of scanners, especially parallel scanners.
> 
> The SCSI and USB SnapScan scanners are supported well.  I have an Acer
> 620UT which works beautifully with the SnapScan USB driver under SANE.
> Unfortunately the SnapScan homepage for SANE doesn't list any parallel
> scanners.
> 
> There is a project to support parallel-SCSI devices, which may make it
> possible to use a parallel SnapScan as a SCSI device, but that's just
> a guess.
> 
> Parallel Port Scanners under Linux:
> http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html
> 
> 
> - Christian
> 
> 

 From the site above:
"Agfa have refused to release protocol information."

Screw them!! I want my scanner to work w/ linux.
Perhaps I should write them and ask for a driver.
I suppose I'm not alone..

Oops this is really really off subject :)

--
Nicklas

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