Gerhard Grygiel <gryg...@sun52a.desy.de> writes: > Hi Olaf, > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 10:00:52AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> gryg...@sun52a.desy.de writes: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > today I got a Epson Perfection 4490 PHOTO scanner. >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> > Has someone experience with this scanner or can give me a hint how >> > to bring this device in operation? >> >> This scanner will neither work with the snapscan backend nor the epson >> backend. Support is _planned_ for the epkowa backend. You have the >> following options: >> >> use VueScan (http://www.hamrick.com/, Linux version available) >> use Windows >> use MacOS X > I favour Open Source solution, but I will give VueScan a trail.
Note that the epkowa backend support for the 4490 will require a closed source library. So it is only a marginally open sourced solution. >> [snip] >> >> Hope this helps, > Yes of course, thanks for your explanation and the hint on VueScan. You're welcome. -- Olaf Meeuwissen EPSON AVASYS Corporation, LAN FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/ GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 Penguin's lib! -- I hack, therefore I am -- LPIC-2