Hi, On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 11:33:15PM +0100, Ekkard Gerlach wrote: > brother MFC 9160 is a all in one box, digital copier, > emulating LaserJet 6P (PCL 5e), > printing via parallel port and USB works fine. > > Scanner interface is TWAIN compatible.
No. Well, they provide a software that is itsself TWAIN compatible. In short: It doesn't mean anything. > What can I do test the machine? Write a backend or find out if the scanner is similar to those mentioned there: http://sourceforge.net/projects/brother-mfc http://www.sane-project.org/unsupported/brother-mfc5100c.html > The machine cost about 400 Euro only!!! What a surprise > for linux users! And if scanning would be possible, this > machine will be a best seller! Ok. So you should start writing the backend even faster :-) Can you show us the output of "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" or "sane-find-scanner -v -v" when the scanner is plugged in, please? Thanks, Henning
