On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 17:53 +0000, jr wrote: > On 7 November 2010 17:49, Peter Merchant <madsmad...@netscape.net> wrote: > > > The only reason for me holding onto XP on this computer is because there > > are no drivers for my ancient scanner in Sane. Would this book give > > some/any assistance in me writing my own, or modifying existing ones if > > I can locate the source for a simialr scanner? > > probably yes, it covers both character and block devices thoroughly, > and has a chapter on USB. > > http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005900 > > My scanner is an Astra 1210P from UMAX and is a parallel printer. I said it was ancient, but I didn't mention that it is a bit of a bastard I think in terms of it's parentage.
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