[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-05-03 Thread Kirk Reiser
Hello Ingo: If the usb-scan logs are from a run on your 3170 scanner then I would like a copy of the log as well please. I have another question however probably not really addressing you Ingo but the group in general. Why are proprietary/binary code drivers acceptable at all? Is it because the

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-05-03 Thread m. allan noah
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Kirk Reiser kirk at braille.uwo.ca wrote: I have another question however probably not really addressing you Ingo but the group in general. ?Why are proprietary/binary code drivers acceptable at all? 'acceptable' is in the eye of the beholder :) Some people are

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-05-02 Thread Ingo Müller
Hi Stephane! I'm trying to help to make Sane support the Epson Perfection 3170 scanner. As Allan suggested, it might be similar to the V100 you made work. What is your status on this scanner? Allan and Stephane, you'll get another email in a minute with the UsbSnoop logs. Please send me an email

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-04-20 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Apr 16 23:12 Ingo M?ller wrote (shortened): I just got a response from Epson. The Perfection 3170 driver for Linux is not maintained anymore. There is no 64bit version, neither are their plans for one. The suggested solution is to set up a 32bit environment inside the 64bit system

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-04-19 Thread m. allan noah
I guess I qualify as an old hand :) What I usually do is write RGB in the upper left corner of a sheet of paper, each letter in the correct color. Then I take a low resolution scan of that corner in each color mode that the windows driver supports. Log that with this tool:

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-04-17 Thread Ingo Müller
Hey everyone! I just got a response from Epson. The Perfection 3170 driver for Linux is not maintained anymore. There is no 64bit version, neither are their plans for one. The suggested solution is to set up a 32bit environment inside the 64bit system and use the 32bit drivers. What a shame...

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-04-17 Thread Kirk Reiser
So, what are the chances of a few folks using the usb capture software and getting the command set for the 3170 scanner and then writing a backend? I don't have any windows boxes but would gladly help sift the captured data and writing the driver. I suppose another alternative might be to

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-03-23 Thread Alesh Slovak
Hi Ingo, I'm a developer working on Image Scan! for Linux. Ingo M?ller wrote: Hey everyone! I just realized that I've just spent 3 hours on trying to install my Epson Perfection 3170, without success. Maybe you guys can help me... The Epson Perfection 3170 requires a proprietary plugin.

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-03-23 Thread Ingo Müller
Thanks a lot Alash! I did as you said and post the updates here if I get any response :-) Le 23.03.2010 01:01, Alesh Slovak a ?crit : Hi Ingo, I'm a developer working on Image Scan! for Linux. Ingo M?ller wrote: Hey everyone! I just realized that I've just spent 3 hours on trying to

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

2010-03-20 Thread Ingo Müller
Hey everyone! I just realized that I've just spent 3 hours on trying to install my Epson Perfection 3170, without success. Maybe you guys can help me... Here's what I did: 1) Download iscan_2.10.0-1.tar.gz from http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL2.do 2) untar, configure --with-pic,