Hi, On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 03:43:46PM -0500, Brent Yorgey wrote: > I have a Canon CanoScan D646U which is currently unsupported. It is a > flatbed scanner with a USB interface. I did try using the canon630u backend > but it didn't work (although perhaps there are various configuration tricks > which might make it work? I don't know). Although I have no experience > with scanners or with writing device drivers in general, I do have a solid > background in programming and linux, and relish a good challenging problem, > so I (along with a friend) have been toying with the idea of writing a > backend, because, well, it would be cool. (= So I thought I would first > toss out this message to see what guidance anyone might have to offer. Has > anyone worked on this scanner already? Does anyone have any guesses as to > what writing a backend for this scanner might entail? Is there any code I > can likely reuse (e.g. the code from the canon630u backend)? Any other > help/advice/links to useful information anyone has to offer?
Have you tried the test program from sourceforge? Maybe this can be used as a base for a backend? Bye, Henning
