Re: Help: Mustek 600 II N scanner

David Mosberger-Tang (David.Mosberger@acm.org)
Fri, 7 Nov 1997 23:17:55 -0800

>>>>> On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 22:53:26 +0000, "Johan Bengtsson" <johanb@lls.se> said:

Johan> Hi, I have a Mustek 600 II N scanner that I'm trying to use
Johan> with Linux. This scanner has a cable with a 26 pin connector
Johan> that doesn't fit the Adaptec 1505 scsi card that I have. I'm
Johan> not sure if this particular scanner has a scsi interface at
Johan> all, it could be some proprietary interface (I have gathered
Johan> some info from the net that seems to point in this
Johan> direction). OK, two quick questions:

The 600 II N is a parallel-port scanner.

Johan> 1) Is it possible to use this scanner with SANE and Linux in
Johan> general?

Yes. YMMV, though.

Johan> 2) Is it possible to use it with the Adaptec 1505 card?
Johan> (maybe with an adapter or different cable?)

Not with your scanner.

SANE does not yet have working support for the 600 II N. You're
somewhat in luck, as sane-0.67 does have the beginnings of Andreas's
parallel-port scanner support. However, that support is NOT complete
yet. Unless you want to work on the code, I'd recommend not to try
it. Warning: a bad driver CAN DAMAGE YOUR SCANNER. Having said that,
there is some documentation in sane-mustek(5) on how to setup the
parallel port support.

--david

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