Hello, On Jun 19 19:09 Rajko M. wrote (shortened): > On Tuesday 19 June 2007 02:34, Johannes Meixner wrote: > > On Jun 19 00:51 Rajko M. wrote (shortened): > > > > > This is first draft of article: > > > http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rajko_m/wip > > > > For your information: > > > > I have a "Plustek OpticPro 9630P" parallel port scanner and at least > > this model works at least for me without any additional software > > like ppscsi. > > > > I only activated the "plustek_pp" backend in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf > > and perhaps I adjusted /etc/sane.d/plustek_pp.conf (I don't remember > > exactly, I tested it some time ago) and finally I set the device file > > permissions so that a normal user could access it. > > > > Therefore I suggest that you mention that at least some kind of > > parallel port scanners don't need additional software (but > > nevertheless need manual setup). > > I would need to include more details based on list: > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html > There is number of scanners that work without additional software. > Though I would need more time and assistance to bring article in proper shape.
Of course there is no need that you write a comprehensive manual about all parallel port scanners. I like to point out that your current article seems to indicate that additional software is needed in any case to get a parallel port scanner working. A note that some parallel port scanners don't need additional software while others do and a hint to read the appropriate SANE man page (e.g. "man sane-microtek2" for your scanner) and a link to the SANE project page for the model-specific details is perfectly sufficient. I like to avoid that various users come up with problems how to compile and use kernel modules because your article may indicate that they need it in any case. > My scanner was one of those with problem to be recognized, after loading > ppscsi and onscsi it was found by YaST. The YaST scanner setup module does not serach at all for parallel port scanners. It calls /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/autodetect_scanners which is basically "sane-find-scanner -q" and this searches only for USB and SCSI scanners (see "man sane-find-scanner"). Your special SCSI modules make your parallel port scanner appear as a SCSI scanner so that it is then found by YaST and set up as a SCSI scanner as you described in your article. In contrast my parallel port scanner works as native parallel port scanner. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
