On Tuesday 01 October 2002 07:53 am, et wrote: > On Tuesday 01 October 2002 03:50 am, you wrote: > > mudder wrote: > > >try looking at these sites: > > > > > >http://orbita.starmedia.com/~neofpo/yaprimaxgui.html > > > > > >http://primax.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > >They may shed some light on your problem. I remember that > > >my acer usb scanner needed to have it's firmware uploaded using a perl > > >script and a modification of the sane backend. > > > > > >Be prepared for a lot of trial and error and an equal amount of > > > frustration. > > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Mudder > > > > Thanks for the links. So far as I can make out, they are doing their > > best to write drivers for every Primax scanner but mine. Time to think > > about a new model, I guess. > > I would be reading up on how the other scanners with models "kinda" like > your are made to work, and try to figure out what the differences are, and > how you could make your work. the Acer Remark above struck me, since I have > an "unsupported" Acer Prisa 320 that I followed the directions for the > prisa620, and changed which binary (*.bin) I used (in the windows install > disk and folder) until I found the correct one, from then on I could use > that scanner great, and I paid $40.00 US 2 years ago for that scanner. > > > Can anyone recommend one? I'm not the world's greatest hacker so ease > > of setup is an important consideration.
BINGO! The Acer scanner that I was referring to is a Prisa 320U and I followed almost the same path. Weird.......I thought I was the only one.
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