My filmscanner is absolutely not supported by Linux, however Vuescan
running under Linux does support it. Vuescan doesn't use OS or
manufacturers drivers, it uses it's own, so I would assume your scanner
is also supported by Vuescan under linux.


On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 17:35, graywolf wrote:
> The HP usb stuff was not supported by Linux until very recently. When I check a 
> few months back they specifically said the S-20 and my usb CD-RW were not 
> supported. Now they are (or at least I hope so, have not yet tried using them, 
> at least they are found at start up). I would guess HP finally released the 
> relevant data to the linux usb developers.
> 
> --
> 
> Frits Wüthrich wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 05:54, David Mann wrote:
> > 
> >>I'm still kinda p--d off at HP for making that scanner Windows-only.  
> >>Even Vuescan only supports it under Windows.
> > 
> > Are you sure? I use Vuescan under Windows XP and SuSE Linux 8.1, and it
> > supports my flatbed and filmscanner under both OS's.
> > 
> > In fact it is the only way I can still use my flatbed scanner, under
> > Windows the manufacturers driver doesn't seem to work anymore, and under
> > Linux there is no driver for the transparency adap[ter, although I can
> > use it as a regular flatbed. My film scanner is not supported under
> > linux by anything else then Vuescan, Benq, the manufacturer doesn't
> > support at all with the development of a linux driver.
-- 
Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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