Hi, On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:24:44PM +0100, Thibault North wrote: > I have a canon 5000F USB 2.0 scanner which has no driver. I could try > and make one (if I have help from you ;-))
Good idea! > and to begin I project to go at Canon to ask them for that scanner > specifications. While Canon has never answered to such requests as far as I know it's always worth a try. > What do I exactly need to know (everything possible ? ok :-)) Developer's documentation. A description of all the functions and meanings of any data of the chipset. A description how and in which order to use these functions/registers. And/or the source code of their Windows driver. > Do you think I will be able to create this driver if I only now little > of C++ ? Better use C, not C++. You'll learn C when you write the code. The real work is not programming itsself but finding out how the scanner works and why it doesn't work as it should :-) Bye, Henning
