The brother machines are not supported by free software. This is also true for some Epson machines, but the CX21 appears to use the traditional protocol supported by sane-epson2. However, it is untested. Compiling is not that hard, we can help you there, if required
allan On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld <gerobirkenfeld at web.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > ? I have got a Brother 9450CDN All-in-one here, and I donnot see a > possibilty to run the scanner part under Debian Linux Lenny PPC (PowerPC > Architecture !!!). Have you got an Idea ? Already contacted a few people > about this issue, so I might get an Epson CX21 instead. I saw there is a > compatible SANE Driver, but can it be used under PowerPC Debian ???? I > donnot know anything about Linux, so I guess recompiling the sources myself > would be quiet hard. > For my HP Officejet 7410 I just started Xsane the rest was automatic and > straight forward on my PPC. Will this be possible with Epson CX21 as well > ??? > > Thanks for hints or even other suggestions. > > G.Birkenfeld > > > _____________________ > geobiz.de > Inh.: Dipl. Geogr. Gero Birkenfeld > Geomarketing Consultant > > Nu?baumweg 58 > 47447 Moers > > Tel.: 02841/1699250 > Fax 02841/1699249 > www.geobiz.de > birkenfeld at geobiz.de > > USt-IdNr.: DE 119/5023/1653 > > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
