Thanks! I didn't have a firewire cable to test it with, but I will get one now knowing that it works. thanks again!
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 5:12 pm, Mogens Jaeger wrote: > Jason Fuchs wrote: > >I have an epson 2450 photo that I have been trying to get running under > > linux for some time now. > > > >I found an old patch on this mailing list with a workaround, however many > >features still do not work with that patch enabled(especially in iscan.) > > > >The sane page still shows this scanner as fully supported, but support for > >this scanner seems to have gone away since the scanner module was dropped > >from the kernel tree. > > > >I posted a bug on libusb site addressing the issue, but it has been over a > >year. > >https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101674&aid=1070123&group > >_id=1674 > > > > > >Has any progress been made on getting this scanner to work with libusb? I > >assumed this was a libusb problem as it worked before with the scanner > >kernel interface, am I correct in that or is this something that should be > >addressed within sane? > > > >Thanks for any help....-Jason > > Hello > > I am using the same scanner, and I have given up using it on USB2 - all > works in USB1.1., only pretty slow. > So I have bought a Firewire cable, and it runs great and fast now. > I am using the sane-backens-1.0.17 and xsane-0.991. > I have some issues on negative-scanning - somehow odd colors. The > autoenhance function is certainely not enough. > I have read your bug - it sounds like my problems with the USB2, and yes > - they changed the USB-thing from kernel 2.4 to 2.6. > Epson writes, that with this series of scanners, you risks problem > connecting it through a hub! > > -- > mvh Mogens J?ger
