Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for the addittional info and links!
I'd like to add that there is work being done for the HP-4200 (to prevent
from duplication of effort) and the results are looking great.
/\/elson
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
>
> dnelson@jump.net said:
> > I just wanted to update you all on the status of Linux USB since I get
> > (and answer) most of the USB scanner related questions that cross the
> > linux-usb list.
>
> I would add the following to this.
>
> On the linux-usb list there has been a post saying that the UMAX Astra 1220U
> has been made to work under Linux. At a guess the Astra 2200 being a dual
> SCSI/USB scanner probabbly works but someone would have to confirm this.
> For more information see
>
> http://electricrain.com/lists/archive/linux-usb/2000/01/msg00092.html
>
> On this list at the beginning of the month there was a post from the
> new maintainer of the Epson backend that the latest version had preliminary
> support for Epson USB scanners see
>
> http://www.mostang.com/mail-archive/sane-devel/2000-01/0034.html
>
>
> In addition I would add that it would appear that their is documentation
> on the chip that controls the HP 4200C for free download on the web.
> I suspect that this means that this scanner can be supported if someone
> writes a backend.
>
> JAB.
>
>
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