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> But the question is, can one set up such a scanner with scannerdrake
> without having to edit the /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf manually to enter
> the firmware path? Ideally, scannerdrake would prompt for the user to
> locate the firmware file on the driver CD.
>
> I have Prise 640U.
well it seems to me this is more of a sane / xsane thing than a problem in
Mandrake, and it also seems to me that very few folks are going to "know" or
to "intuit" the arcane number schemes that are used for the different
firmware.