Re: Parallel Port Scanner Support?
On Friday 08 October 2004 07:06 pm, Scarletdown wrote: > I just recently hooked up my flatbed scanner to my system in hopes of > actually being able to use it. It is connected to the parallel port, > powered up, and I have installed xsane as well as the sane plugin for > GIMP. However, xsane is not able to see the scanner. I just get a > less than helpful "no devices available" message. > > What do I need to do to get this scanner working? It is an Info > Peripherals Image Reader Ultra, Model FB7. The FCC I.D. is > jsf-fb262, which Google and Jeeves searches show it to actually be an > Avision AV260C. > > Any ideas what drivers I need for this scanner, and where to get > them? I dislike sounding so negative but a parallel port scanner is, afaik, very old technology. Some new scanners are so cheap, and supported by xsane..etc that the time/money you save by investing in a new scanner, usb, is worth the expense. If needed you can get a pci usb 2.0 card that works with Debian, and is fast. Parallel ports are relatively slow. -- Greg C. Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel Port Scanner Support?
Jeff Golden wrote: On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:06:06 -0700, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just recently hooked up my flatbed scanner to my system in hopes of actually being able to use it. It is connected to the parallel port, powered up, and I have installed xsane as well as the sane plugin for GIMP. However, xsane is not able to see the scanner. I just get a less than helpful "no devices available" message. What do I need to do to get this scanner working? It is an Info Peripherals Image Reader Ultra, Model FB7. The FCC I.D. is jsf-fb262, which Google and Jeeves searches show it to actually be an Avision AV260C. Any ideas what drivers I need for this scanner, and where to get them? Don't have one personally so I dont know but: http://www.rocklinux-consulting.de/oss/avision/ was produced, as the first result, to the following google search: parallel port scanners linux avision Looks like this scanner won't work with Linux afterall. http://www.rocklinux-consulting.de/oss/avision/faq.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel Port Scanner Support?
> Don't have one personally so I dont know but: > > http://www.rocklinux-consulting.de/oss/avision/ > > was produced, as the first result, to the following google search: > parallel port scanners linux avision > I apologize I read that wrong apparently they haven't been succesful at a paralell version. "Q: Does the Avision parallel scanners work? A: No. I do not own a parallel-port-scanner and Avision refuses to give me documentation about the parallel and USB protocol they use. I got private eMails from other people who try to log and "decrypt" the parallel-port-traffic, but there is no useable code, yet. " Sorry about that... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel Port Scanner Support?
On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 23:06, Scarletdown wrote: > I just recently hooked up my flatbed scanner to my system in hopes of > actually being able to use it. It is connected to the parallel port, > powered up, and I have installed xsane as well as the sane plugin for > GIMP. However, xsane is not able to see the scanner. I just get a less > than helpful "no devices available" message. > > What do I need to do to get this scanner working? It is an Info > Peripherals Image Reader Ultra, Model FB7. The FCC I.D. is jsf-fb262, > which Google and Jeeves searches show it to actually be an Avision AV260C. > > Any ideas what drivers I need for this scanner, and where to get them? Have you looked up your scanner model at sane-project.org? They have lists of what is (and is not) supported. I have a Hewlett-Packard scanjet 4670. On the sane-project list, it is unsupported, but sane knows there's a scanner of *some* type hooked up. That's as far as it gets, though. Not worried about that one, though. Scanner wasn't hooked up for any of my projects, anyway. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Parallel Port Scanner Support?
On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:06:06 -0700, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just recently hooked up my flatbed scanner to my system in hopes of > actually being able to use it. It is connected to the parallel port, > powered up, and I have installed xsane as well as the sane plugin for > GIMP. However, xsane is not able to see the scanner. I just get a less > than helpful "no devices available" message. > > What do I need to do to get this scanner working? It is an Info > Peripherals Image Reader Ultra, Model FB7. The FCC I.D. is jsf-fb262, > which Google and Jeeves searches show it to actually be an Avision AV260C. > > Any ideas what drivers I need for this scanner, and where to get them? Don't have one personally so I dont know but: http://www.rocklinux-consulting.de/oss/avision/ was produced, as the first result, to the following google search: parallel port scanners linux avision -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Parallel Port Scanner Support?
I just recently hooked up my flatbed scanner to my system in hopes of actually being able to use it. It is connected to the parallel port, powered up, and I have installed xsane as well as the sane plugin for GIMP. However, xsane is not able to see the scanner. I just get a less than helpful "no devices available" message. What do I need to do to get this scanner working? It is an Info Peripherals Image Reader Ultra, Model FB7. The FCC I.D. is jsf-fb262, which Google and Jeeves searches show it to actually be an Avision AV260C. Any ideas what drivers I need for this scanner, and where to get them? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
