Re: How to support a scanner without documentation

From: Andreas (andreas.rick@free.fr)
Date: Sat Jul 22 2000 - 12:01:22 PDT

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    This method no longer works as the logfiles for the newer versions
    of Vuescan are zipped and crypted.

    Best regards

    Andreas Rick

    David Fox wrote:
    >
    > Henning Meier-Geinitz <hmg-ml@gmx.de> writes:
    >
    > > The Problem:
    > > I have a Scanner supplied with a MS Windows driver and want to
    > > support it by a SANE backend. I need to know the SCSI commands and
    > > buffers the driver sends to the scanner (and the scanner's response).
    > > The same goes for USB and parallel port scanners.
    >
    > If your scanner works under Vuescan (from www.hamrick.com) you can use
    > the "Create Logfile" option to record all the scsi commands. This
    > technique was used by Andreas Rick to develop the Nikon LS-2000 back
    > end. It may only work for film scanners.
    >
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