> by m. allan noah-3 Jan 18, 2010; 08:52pm > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, scar <scar at ...> wrote: >> >> since i require an inexpensive A3 scanner, i plan on purchasing one of >> these soon, i have not found any other options. Mustek appears to have >> a linux driver on their Taiwanese website, although i read reports here >> of it not working. if all else fails i will attempt to install Windows >> XP in a virtual machine and use the scanner through there, which was >> also a possible solution i read on this list. >> >> naturally i would want to help develop a working sane driver. i do not >> program but i have a degree in computer engineering so my background >> should be adequate enough to provide some help, given there is someone >> to provide me with suitable advice on how precisely to help. > > Sure- If you get one of these, we would need you to get a trace of the > windows driver making a small black and white scan, using this tool: > > http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/ > > That should give us enough info to at least tell if the protocol is > similar to other scanners. > > allan
The requested snoop output is bundled together with the corresponding small black and white image and posted at: http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mustekscanner/ PublicFolder/mustek-a3-1200-pro.zip Please let me know what else I can do to help!
