Hi, On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 01:36:16PM +0200, Janez Dovc wrote: > So, what do you suggest? Is the only solution, that I write the driver > myself?
I think so, yes. > How much time does it take, to write a driver for HP scanner. That depends on how intelligent it is. If it's rather low-level, it may take weeks to understand the basic protocol and to get it to scan. On the other hand I was able to get an image out of a rather high level Mustek scanner after about 10 hours of work. > Is their interface somehow inteligent? I have no idea. That's up to you to find out :-) Some info on how to do that is here: http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/misc/develop.html http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/misc/unsupported.html You can also try check-usb-scanner, it tries to detect the chipset of USB scanners. But I'd be surprised if it's an already known chip: http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/check-usb-scanner/ > Are other Scanjets totally uncompatible? I don't know until you find out about that :-) Have a look at the list of HP scanners and compare if the protocoll looks similar once you have found outhow it basically works: http://sane.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=hewlett-packard&model=&bus=usb If you are lucky it's compatible (or similar) to one of the already supported scanners. But I don't think so. Contacting HP for help may also make sense. I don't know however, if they are helpfull at all. Bye, Henning
