Re: HP C5100 photosmart photoscanner
Martin Huber (hu@garfield.m.isar.de)
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:33:44 +0100 (MET)
> I just bought an HP photosmart photoscanner. Unfortunately it only
> runs with software for Windows 95. I would try to write a driver to make it
> available under SANE. But the HP ScanJet Developer Support at
> hp_scan@greeley.sykes.com (Scanner forum at AOL) told me, that
>
> > there isn't any SCSI or other low-level
> > documentation or other resources available for the PhotoSmart
> > Photo scanners. The only means to control the PhotoSmart is
> > through TWAIN.
>
> Does someone know other sources to get the informations necessary
> for writing a driver ?
>
I wrote a patch for sane-0.68 to run it on solaris.
It works fine with HP II and IV scanners, your model is not testet.
There will be a new sane version including this patch (among other
improvements).
If you are very impatiant, tell me. I will mail you this patch.
--martin
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