On Thursday 21 January 2010 03:24:46 am Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld wrote: > Hi all, > > as m.allan noah recommended in his last post (see below) I used USBSnoop > to generate a log (find it enclosed). > Is anybody recognizing the Protocol used, or is anybody able and willing to > writer/modify a driver ? > > Thanks for your help.. > > 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 > > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: m. allan noah [mailto:kitno455 at gmail.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Januar 2010 23:46 > An: birkenfeld at geobiz.de > Cc: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > Betreff: Re: [sane-devel] What device does Xerox Phaser 6180MFP use ? See > output here.. > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld > > <gerobirkenfeld at web.de> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am absolutely new to Linux, but anyway I have been in contact with > > the mantainer of xerox_mfp backend. He suggested to ask on this > > mailing list, if somebody knows a compatible driver, or can do something > > about my problem: > > I bought a Xerox Phaser 6180MFP lately, but I cannot use the scanner > > under Linux because it is not listed and stated as compatible on > > sane-project.org. > > > But I tried to > > > > 1. run "sane-find-scanner" which gave me the USB ID... > > 2. found USB ID's (vendor and manufacturer) and added them in HEX to > > xerox_mfp.conf 3. tried SANE_DEBUG_XEROX_MFP=9 scanimage -L which did > > not > > work: > > [snip] > > > If there is no driver available, what informations are needed to > > develop one, and, if it is possible is there anybody to out there to take > > tasks ? > > The usb interface looks simple enough, very few endpoints. Can you get a > trace of the windows driver making a small black and white scan using this > tool: http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/ Then zip the log, and send > it to the list. Perhaps someone will recognize the protocol. > > There are individuals on this list who will write and/or modify drivers. > Some do this for free or for hardware donation, others do it for payment. > > allan > -- > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" > You don't say what OS your using. The following page has a CUPS Linux and Windows package for the 6180MFP. I do not know if it covers the scanner.
http://www.support.xerox.com/go/results.asp?Xtype=download&prodID=6180MFP&Xlang=en_US&Xcntry=USA I have used the Phaser 6120 package for 3 years, works fine on my Linux system. I can also print to it from my XP Guest on VirtualBox. Hope this helps..
