[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.
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.
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 -- 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 -- The truth is an offense, but not a sin
[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.
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 -- 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 -- The truth is an offense, but not a sin
[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.
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.
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
[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.
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
