On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Stefan Wimmer <swimmer at xs4all.nl> wrote: > * Ivan Boldyrev <lispnik at gmail.com> [2009-02-12 15:44] : >> I have written some Python code for testing reverse-engineered protocol. I >> don't particulary like Python, but it has libusb bindings. >> >> [...] >> >> I still cannot handle some packet that is different on each scan (scanning >> parameters -- window, dpi etc -- are always same!). When I use its content >> from previous scans, scanner simply hangs up. >> >> You may get sources from Mercurial repo (sorry, no git): >> hg clone http://ivan.ivanych.net/hg/epawa-py >> >> I don't like name epawa, may be, epv200 would be better, but I hope it >> will be more generic some day. >> >> I keep working. > > Why do you want to reinvent the wheel if there exists already a working > driver? > > http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html > > Greetz > Stefan ;-)
Three reasons- 1. If you are not using 32 or 64 bit linux, it is difficult or impossible use the epkowa plugins. 2. If epkowa stops supporting your device on at a later date you cannot recompile it yourself. 3. Some people will not use such software on their otherwise free Linux system as a matter of principle. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
