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. > > Thanks for everyone's input. As I mentioned before, I'm not the world's greatest hacker so I don't think I'll be trying to bend a different backend to my will - I have neither the skills or the patience. I spent ages trying to get the Plustek OpticPro 9600 working without success - and that one's SUPPOSED to work.
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