In the past parallel-port scanners were never supported due to very
proprietary and different protocols for each one. This may have changed
but if you were unable to find any documentation on them I would bet
that it hasn't.
Good luck
Bill W
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 13:50, J wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a scanner on one of my Linux boxes, using SANE.
> I wasn't able to do it so, I read the manuals on both the web site and
> my
> harddrive.
> The setup seems pretty straightfoward, if you have a SCSI or USB
> scanner.
> I wasn't able to find any documentation for parallel-port stuff so I
> was if anyone here knows how to make it work.
>
> I'm running a Umax Astra 600P, which works fine in windows (gack)
> but it would be nice to have working with Linux.
>
> Oh, if anyone cares (if it even matters), I also have an Epson ES-600C,
> but, the stuff I found on the web says that it needs a
> bi-directional parallel cable, which I don't have.
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