Win4Lin and vmware allow you to run a 'virtual' windows
computer on your Linux box. However it sounds like you want
a way to share your scanner with the Windows machines
rather than use the scanner on the Linux box, so I don't
think either program will work for you.
If you do want to give them a try, both have demo versions
available. Win4Lin is available at www.netraverse.com,
vmware at www.vmware.com.
> It's a parallel port scanner and the SANE website says
that there it is
> unlikely ever to be supported.
>
> Win4Lin or vmware sound like they might do the trick
though. I have no
> requirement to access the scanner from Linux only from
the Windows machines.
>
> How do Win4Lin and vmware work and where do I get them?
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Scanner
>
>
> > Is it a USB, Parallel, or SCSI model?
> >
> > There are SANE drivers for some UMAX Parallel and SCSI
> > models. If it is a USB model, look for a new scanner.
It is
> > unlikely that there will ever be SANE drivers because
UMAX
> > refuses to release the specifications on its USB models.
> >
> > Even if the scanner is sharable over the network (I've
only
> > seen a few high-end scanners that are networkable) you
> > still have the problem of the drivers only working under
> > Windows.
> >
> > If it is a parallel scanner for which there are no Linux
> > drivers, you might be able to use Win4Lin or vmware to
> > access the scanner. I use Win4Lin to access my scanner
and
> > it works great. (although I wish I could scan directly
into
> > GIMP...) This method might also work with SCSI scanners
> > under vmware but I've never tried it.
> >
> > > Does anyone know if there's a driver for the UMAX
600P.
> > Unfortunately it is
> > > not supported by SANE. Also once installed can I share
> > the scanner of my
> > > network (SAMBA/Win98/W2K)?
>
>
>
