Hi, On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:10:54PM +0100, demon wrote: > In what way ? I spent over 8 hours hacking scanner driver code trying to > get sense out of the 1260 with no success. With no support forthcoming > from Epson I feel that returning the 1260 was the best option.
Probably right. > > I'm very happy with my 1650 under linux. > > Good for you. At least they are supporting some models. As far as I know, the SANE backend from Epson Kowa supports all Epson scanners. At least all the newer ones are additionally supported by the SANE epson or plustek backends. So in principle, they are supported. But often it's those tiny problems e.g. in config files that take so long to discover and stop the users from scanning. > > But do > > check the supported listing before buying anything USB for a non-windows > > platform. > > I did. I looked here: > > http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-mfgs.html#EPSON It says the scanner is supported by the plustek backend. And the page is correct. > But did not see this till after I have bought the 1260: > > http://www.khk.net/sane/ That page says the same, read it carefully. The scanner is not supported by the epson backend, because it doesn't use the usual Epson chipsets. It is supported by the plustek backend instead. > As I have said before I may still buy a 1260 if somebody can tell me what > the command set is; at least then I could hack the existing driver. The scanner uses a National Semiconductor LM9832 ("Merlin") chipset as far as I know. The plustek backend supports this chipset. The plustek homepage even has a special section about a problem with this scanner in 1.0.10. I don't know of any problems (but yours) in 1.0.12. But G. Jaeger is the expert here: http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/plustek.html#epson I'm mentioning this here so nobody who reads the archive comes to the conclusion that the Epson 1260 isn't supported by SANE. Bye, Henning ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
