[NTLUG:Discuss] SANE XSANE - don't want to reinvent wheel

[Chris Cox]

Fred James wrote:

> So far "xsane: no devices available" is what I get from "xsane", and 
> Gimp doesn't seem to see it either.
> There are actually 2 - one is an old UMax Astra 600P on parallel port, 
> and the other is a HP Officejet d155xi on Ethernet.

I do not believe either of these is supported under Linux currently.
UMax will not release the specs for the 600P (and other models
as well) and the Officejet drivers.... MIGHT be available, but
I wouldn't count it... unless HP has come forward with some
drivers (I could be wrong on this one.. .might work with
the sane-hp driver... I never seen one work with ethernet).

http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html
http://panda.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html

Scanners is definitely an area where careful selection must be
done to ensure Linux compatibility.  I love my Epson 2450 (USB)...
other Epsons work well too.  The links above will show many
more scanners that work well with Linux.

In the future, if it doesn't work with Linux... don't buy it :-)
(I realize your purchases were probably made before you
decided to try Linux)

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> Bobby Wrenn wrote:
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>>On Tuesday 20 August 2002 10:59 am, you wrote:
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>>>Red Hat Linux 7.2
>>>Anyone have any experience, or guidance, to share on setting up scanning
>>>on Linux in general, or RH 7.2 in particular?
>>>Thank you in advance for anything you can offer.
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>>In general on RH 7.2 run xsane and watch it find your scanner. Or launch gimp 
>>and let it aquire the scanner.
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>>HTH
>>Bobby
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