Ever since Fuji got out of the scanner biz the price has been dropping fast, very fast. And as usual the PC, in this case a Mac that was dedicated to it along with the proprietary software and lic. dongle are usually long gone in another direction, thats the situation this one is in. So far I can't even get Fuji or Agfa who resold it to even give me more the the usual 'we don't support it anymore, click'.
HP lost the sale of 250 printers when I got that replay a few years ago. The short term bean counters just don't get it. > Unfortunately, at 5000 Dpi, I'd bet this thing uses some interesting > compression, which could be hard to decode. 5000 x 18 x 13 x 48 (dpi, x, y, bits/pixel) , compression - I hope so !!! -pete PS C .. yes years ago, but it's like riding a bike :-) On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > Not that I've heard. Its a pretty pricey piece to 'play with' :) > However, if you've got some C programming experience, you might be in > luck. More expensive scanners tend to have simpler protocols. > Unfortunately, at 5000 Dpi, I'd bet this thing uses some interesting > compression, which could be hard to decode. > > allan > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Pete Lancashire > <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote: >> Has anyone connected one of these beasts up to a Linux box and >> succeeded with sane ? >> >> I've been offered one at what I think is a reasonable price. >> >> -pete >> >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >> > > > > -- > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" >