[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

2011-05-24 Thread Tony Sweeney
On 17/05/11 02:34, Pete Lancashire wrote:


 PS C .. yes years ago, but it's like riding a bike :-)


But with more gravel rash than you remember...

:)

Tony.



[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

2011-05-17 Thread m. allan noah
If you cannot run the machine due to missing software or dongle, you
cannot snoop on the communication protocol. No snoops = no reverse
engineering.

allan

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Pete Lancashire
pete at petelancashire.com wrote:
 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

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[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

2011-05-17 Thread Pete Lancashire
yep, thats why my offer for this thing is only $100. Be one of those projects
with the goal of someday finding either some internal docs or a Mac with the
code and dongle. There's a 43 wide x infinate length scanner in the garage
in the same state. .. but it was free.

-pete


On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:05 AM, m. allan noah kitno455 at gmail.com wrote:
 If you cannot run the machine due to missing software or dongle, you
 cannot snoop on the communication protocol. No snoops = no reverse
 engineering.

 allan

 On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Pete Lancashire
 pete at petelancashire.com wrote:
 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

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[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

2011-05-16 Thread Pete Lancashire
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] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

2011-05-16 Thread m. allan noah
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

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[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

2011-05-16 Thread Pete Lancashire
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

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