On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 13:52 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Hi, > > I have some scanners lying around, and reading > http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/misc/mustek-scanners.html#UNSUPPORTED > and the referenced mailinglist entry > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2004-August/011685.html > I realized that instead of simply throwing out these scanners they might > be usable for "obduction" by some of you guys. > > I live in Roskilde, Denmark, and realize that scanners are probably too > expensive to get safely transported too far. But I could help arrange a > "remote lab" with SSH root access to a Debian machine with the scanners > attached, and me available through IRC (or better: Ekiga) to assist in > plugging and unplugging, and ripping apart if that's what is neede to > get more knowledge about these beasts. > > > Tell me if it is of any interest. > > > Heidelberg Linoscan 1200 (SCSI) > > ScanMagic 1200 USB (vendor=0x055f, product=0x0003, chip=MA-1017?) > > > > Of course I'd love to make the scanners work, but I'd rather have you > guys learn from killing them than preserving them and have no Linux > drivers for them. > > > I also have access to a Linotype-Hell Jade2 (SCSI) but until some decent > alternative scanner setup is working my girlfriend won't let go of that > one (working only with MacOS 9!), so either that'l have to wait or you > need to somehow assure me that the tests done on that is not too risky. > > > Tell me if it is of any interest! > > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > - Enden er n?r: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm >
Check this page for your Scanmagic usb scanner, vendor and product id is not mentioned, but mustek_usb backend supports the MA-1017 chip http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/mustek_usb-backend/ -- -------- m.vr.gr. Gerard Klaver