Hi, On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:48:13PM +1300, Rob Ward wrote: > Hi. I have a HP 4470c scanjet that has both USB and parallel ports, and > slide adapter. Can anyone tell me anything about (USB) drivers, or will > I have to write my own? If the latter, can I be pointed to somewhere for > beginners.
I don't know anything about this particular scanner. However, if you want to write a new backend you need mostly two things: some sort of documentation or protocol description and patience. Concerning programming: Look at the SANE standard and one or two existing backends for SANE details. Look at doc/backend-writing.txt for things to avoid. For a USB scanner, you can use sanei:usb.h which uses the kernel USB scanner driver. Bye, Henning
