The machine is actually GL847, a custom version of GL846/8, used only by Canon. It is significantly different from the GL841/2/3, and no public docs are available.
However, you (and alot of others) are in luck, because stef is currently writing drivers for this exact machine. Current sane-backends git repo contains his work. I was able to get scans with it a few days ago. Perhaps he will comment further. allan On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:19 AM, <handigandy-sane at yahoo.com> wrote: > Having a LiDE 100 is one of the few things keeping me tied to windows, I > would like to see linux drivers for it. Even with my poor scholarship, I > understand there is no existing driver for it. There is enough demand for it > that I would have stumbled across it. > > I have a bunch of questions about building a driver that will change > depending on the previus answers ( mostly to the first question ). So > please bear with me. > > The first question is the obvious question: is there an existing effort to > write a driver for the LiDE 100? If so what is it's status? If dead would it > make more sense to pick up the existing pieces or start fresh? > > Software probing of my scanner indicates that it uses a Genesys GL843 chip, > but some references on the net indicate it is really a GL847 ( including > physical inspection ). For the sake of argument let us assume that it is a > GL643. > > The second question: are there technical specs on programming the GL843 > available? Is there a reference implementation? > > The third question is are there other scanners that use the GL843? Perhaps > scanners that use a diffent communications interface eg SCSI, parallel port. > If so are there OSS drivers for that scanner? > > > The fourth question are there and references on writing drivers for scanners? > If so can someone recommend any? > > Thanks > HandyGandy > > > -- > 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"
