tag- you're it.
allan On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:43 PM, db<db.pub.mail at gmail.com> wrote: > It would be nice if some one passed this information onto the ubuntu > guys too, can't see xerox mfp backend in 9.04 (at least the on the > live cd version of sane ;) ) > > 2009/6/25 m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com>: >> It sounds like we need to collect the USB id's of all the possible >> machines, and add them to the backend's .desc and .conf.in files. The >> id's can usually be found by looking in .inf files in the unzipped >> windows driver packages. Any volunteers? >> >> allan >> >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Michael Whapples<mwhapples at aim.com> >> wrote: >>> This is good to hear, I suspected this might be the case some time ago >>> (possibly a month or so) when I tried the xerox backend with my samsung >>> CLX-3170fn. There may be some bugs for some devices, eg. when I first tried >>> my CLX-3170fn the xerox backend crashed the device when the last page had >>> passed through the ADF when using scanadf if you didn't inform it of number >>> of pages being that of the pages available or less. This particular problem >>> is corrected in git, but you never quite know what other devices might do. >>> >>> As for the official samsung drivers, you must be joking if you would want to >>> use them, they seem to be out of date by quite a bit with sane and don't >>> work with the current release. >>> >>> It would be good to make it more widely known that the xerox backend of sane >>> supports samsung devices and should possibly be enabled for samsung devices >>> by default. >>> >>> May be some time samsung will realise there are opensource alternatives >>> which work and so support that, rather than creating closed source linux >>> drivers which they must maintain to keep up to date (which they don't seem >>> to have done). >>> >>> Also I will just say I am also talking as a user here. >>> >>> Michael Whapples >>> On -10/01/37 20:59, db wrote: >>>> >>>> the samsung scx-4200 works with the xerox mfp backend, i suspect that >>>> this driver will work for other samsung's too. Perhaps it would be >>>> wise to make it the default (samsung's proprietary driver performs >>>> ugly hacks .. so as long as users can install that one if this >>>> fails...) then more feedback should result. At the present time there >>>> is little on google / anywhere on using a open source scanning driver >>>> (i already use splix and thats now in ubuntu). >>>> >>>> I hope that the xerox mfs backend can be turned on for samsung >>>> scanners .. that are out on the market atm. >>>> (it just worked for tm ^^). >>>> Yes i know there are problems with this... but... (anyways i'm just a >>>> subscriber to report this message its up to you guys ;) ). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -> >>>> ?cat /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf >>>> #xerox_mfp.conf >>>> >>>> #Dell MFP Laser Printer 1815dn >>>> usb 0x413c 0x5124 >>>> >>>> #Xerox Phaser 6110MFP >>>> usb 0x0924 0x3d5d >>>> >>>> #added! >>>> #scx4200 >>>> usb 0x04e8 0x341b >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >>> ? ? ? ? ? ?to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" >> >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >> > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
