Hi there, in the end we got it so far: The Epson 660 seems to be a rebadged AGFA scnapscan e26 --> see below.
As scanimage currently does not work you might ask the AGFA specialists on the sane mailing list... Gerhard BTW: No need to cc the mail to me! On Friday, 10. January 2003 00:06, tcp-isim tcp-isim wrote: > Hi > > I saw in a window directory this file called > "scanner.dat": > > [SupportScannerNo] > Number=2 > > [ScannerModel] > ; Model Name,Length,NeedCheckOem > > 0Scanner=AGFA SNAPSCAN e26 ,24,0 > 1Scanner=EPSON Perfection 660 ,24,0 > > ;A4 color CCD model firefly,Push Button > ;0=CCD,1=CIS > ;0=SCSI,1=Parallel,2=USB, 3=USBCIS > > [0Scanner] > Name=Perfection 660 > SensorType=0 > Interface=2 > RefSize=8.426,11.6 > TPOSize=5,7 > Limit=TRUE > > [1Scanner] > Name=Perfection 660 > SensorType=0 > Interface=2 > RefSize=8.426,11.6 > TPOSize=5,7 > Limit=TRUE > > [Other] > Name=%s > SensorType=0 > Interface=0,2 > RefSize=8.5,11.693 > TPOSize=5,7 > Limit=TRUE > > [DS] > OPEN=0 > EVENT=0 > EXIT=0 > CLR=245 > CLG=215 > CLB=52 > > Interresting, isn't it ? > > So, like snapscan scanners, I tried to load a > firmware. I found the firmware taill_05.bin. So I > tested agfafirm tail_058.bin > the light scanner switch on, and move ! > > But, scanimage doesn't work ! > > --- "Jaeger, Gerhard" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > this doesn't look too good, I think that the 660 > > does > > not contain a LM983x chipset. Ain't it possible that > > you open the scanner? > > Or does anybody else know what chipset it uses? > > > > Cheers > > Gerhard > > > > On Monday, 6. January 2003 22:29, you wrote: > > > On Debian testing I did : > > > #insmod scanner vendor=0x4b8 product=0x114 > > > > > > #sane-find-scanner > > > found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04b8, product = > > > > 0x0114) > > > > > at device /dev/usbscanner > > > > > > #./checkm > > > Checking /dev/usbscanner for MERLIN chipset... > > > sanei_usb_read_bulk: read failed: Input/output > > > > error > > > > > UIO error > > > > > > #scanimage -d plustek:/dev/usbscanner -h return > > > segmentation fault !! > > > > > > I'll try with the latest release (Debian unstable > > > package) > > > > > > > > > --- "Jaeger, Gerhard" <[email protected]> a écrit > > > > > > On Sunday, 5. January 2003 13:58, Karl Heinz > > > > Kremer > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > It may work with the Plustek backend. > > > > > > > > Or may not! I suggest to check for the chip > > > > inside! > > > > > > There's a LM983x check on the download site for > > > > the > > > > > > Plustek backend, called "merlin testprogram": > > http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/test/checkmerlin.tar.gz > > > > > You should have loaded the scanner kernel > > > > module... > > > > > > Gerhard > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:31:54PM +0100, > > > > tcp-isim > > > > > > tcp-isim wrote: > > > > > > Is is possible to use the EPSON PERFECTION > > > > 660 > > > > > > under > > > > > > > > > > linux? I didn't see an article witch > > > > explains > > > > > > it's > > > > > > > > > > possible to use it. > > > > > > Who hnows how to use the EPSON PERFECTION > > > > 660 > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > > > SANE ? > > > > > > David > >
