Thanks to everyone who replied to my post about drivers for Canon USB
scanners.
Today I telephoned Canon UK, and was informed that Canon are not going to
release any technical specs at all, even with a NDA (what a surprise);
however I was given the Managing Director's address for delivery of any
letters I might care to write explaining the situation. Does anyone have a
recommendation as to starting an online petition (and of course whether
you think this would be appropriate).
Canon claim they are "looking into" producing a driver package for Linux.
However, they were unable to tell me whether or not this would work in
conjunction with SANE, or in fact conform to any established Linux
standards.
In the meantime, I will investigate the possibilities offered by
"sniffing" the comms protocol and/or looking at the
<canonscanner.sourceforge.net> code. Time to read up on USB/SANE methinks.
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