On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 08:19:21PM -0500, Anish Mistry wrote:
> On Friday 16 December 2005 08:02 pm, Gary Kline wrote:
> > Guys, is this my big opportunity or what! :-)
> >
> > A friend bought an HP ScanJet 4100c for $15. For unknoen
> > reason, it does not work wsith W-XP, but might this work
> > with FBSD?
> >
> > Otherwise, I'm looking for a scanner with OCR-ware. For
> > either my W2K box or FBSD. I finally do have the book I'm
> > aiming to scan; I don;t know what happened to my friend
> > with the microfiche of this text. Zero reply.
> >
> > Is there anybody in the Western WA locale who'd be willing
> > to lend me scanner with OCR software or tell me what to
> > buy that works with FBSD. For $15, it's worth asking about.
> >
> Check out if sane supports it. I'm in a similar situation with a HP
> Scanjet 6200C. The driver on the HP isn't actually a driver so the
> scanner is useless in Windows. I booted into FreeBSD, kldload
> uscanner, and started xsane, it worked perfectly. I haven't tried
> the OCR part of xsane, but it should work.
Whoa, the online sane docs say that 4100C is supported. The next
obstacle is the USB jack. Even my 1999 test e-machine has a usb
thing hidden somewhere in front. This box, tao, is a barebones
box I built in 08/2001; so I'm sure it's got a usb port
somewhere.
Do I have to build it into the kernel or what? IOW, what's the
deal with USB stuff? I've had enough headbanging with ye olden
COM[1234] ports. But it's time to get my fingers wet.
thanks!
gary
PS: FWIW: my friend said that something-OCR was built-in.
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Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix
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