Paulo
Warren Chartier said at ̉RE: IBM IdeaScanÓ.
[30/12/1999 23:55]
> Hi there Paulo,
>
> Well I dont know for sure if thats the case for your particular scanner,
> however my Microtek SlimScan C3 is a parallel port scanner which uses SCSI
> over Parallel, and I've used ppSCSI to get it working with SANE.
>
> One of the easiest tell tale signs is to look at how the windows drivers
> work. Mine even have a SCSI style probe function where it probes SCSI
> ID's to find my scanner (always on ID 5), however I don't have a SCSI
> adaptor in the computer!
>
> The reason its cheaper? People with SCSI usually have more money so
> manufacturers gouge them. :P
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Warren Chartier
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> On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Paulo Abreu wrote:
>
> > It seems the link points to some module to enable the use of a scsi
> adapter
> > that's connected to a parallel port. Let me see if I'm getting this
> > straight (100% newbie here, so be patient):
> > 1. I have this parallel port scanner xyz1000P that doesn't have a sane
> > backend yet.
> > 2. There's a sane backend for its scsi cousin, the xyz1000SC.
> > 3. Then, probably the xyz1000P is just a xyz1000SC with some kind of
> > parallel port scsi adapter inside. If I know the adapter, I'll be able
> to
> > use this module to use a scsi driver to control a parport model.
> >
> > Is this correct? If it is, why was my parallel port scanner much
> cheaper
> > then the scsi cousin? It has more hw inside (scsi+parport converter)!
> >
> > If it isn't, can you explain a bit more?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Paulo
>
>
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