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

[Fred James]

BTW, there is also a sane-umax, and a sane-umax_pp, and and a bunch of 
others.

Fred James wrote:

> Quoting from the man(ual) page on SANE
> (omitted)
> BACKENDS FOR SCANNERS
> (omitted)
>    hp
>        The SANE hp backend provides access to HP ScanJet scanners and 
> OfficeJet multi-function peripherals (MFPs) which support SCL (Scanner 
> Control language by HP).  See sane-hp(5) for details.
> (omitted)
>
> So, that's where I am headed now - I'll let you know.
>
>
>
> Steve Baker wrote:
>
>> Chris Cox wrote:
>>
>>> 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).
>>
>>
>>
>> The UMAX Astra 610S (which is the version with the SCSI interface)
>> works OK - I have one and I've been using it without problems.  I'm
>> pretty sure the parallel port version doesn't work though - I originally
>> bought that version by mistake and had to exchange it for the SCSI
>> version.
>>
>> I thought that HP had promised Linux drivers for their entire range
>> of printers and scanners - but I don't recall where I saw that.
>>
>> It may be that their scanner drivers are not SANE-compatible
>> which would explain why they were not listed on the SANE compatibility
>> chart.  That might be a bit of a pain.
>>
>>> Scanners is definitely an area where careful selection must be
>>> done to ensure Linux compatibility.
>>
>>
>>
>> Certainly.  I printed a copy of the SANE compatibility chart and
>> took it with me as I went around the stores looking for a suitable
>> machine.
>>
>>>  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)
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes - that goes for quite a few peripherals.  Digital Camera's are
>> another 'gotcha' area.
>>
>> The real problem here is that devices like these ship with Windoze 
>> drivers
>> on CD and hence do not have to conform to any kind of an interface 
>> standard.
>> That means that no two are really alike and it's very hard for Linux 
>> driver
>> writers to keep up with the rapid rate of product churn.
>>
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