Le Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:25:20 -0500, "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> a ?crit :
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Scot <sane at mailcan.com> wrote: > >> 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! > > Well, it does alot of small control transfers, probably setting up > registers. I'm not well-versed in such machines. Perhaps someone else > will recognize it, or have time to compare to the existing mustek > backends. > > allan Hi, I did not investigate much, but it really looks like sq113 ship. In my opinion, you should try the mustek_usb2 backend. Regards Tam
