ec wrote:
>In reality, very few scanners seem to work with the
>exception of one brand. I have to 'go to the darkside'
>to scan.
>
>Thank God the scanner works there.
>
>So don't be disappointed Mike, very few seem to work.
>
>
I use an Epson 636 SCSI, and it works great! My advice is to check the
SANE website, and find a linux-compatible SCSI scanner. They should
generally be detected and work right out of the box.
Lee
>
>
>--- Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss@granroth.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>>On Feb 26, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Major.Mikey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My brother moved in with me today and he brought
>>>
>>>
>>me a peace-offering, a
>>
>>
>>>scanner. It is a Visioneer OneTouch 5600 USB. A
>>>
>>>
>>google search did not
>>
>>
>>>reveal
>>>whether or not this device works with linux so I
>>>
>>>
>>thought I would
>>
>>
>>>present my
>>>findings to you for any assistance you may be
>>>
>>>
>>willing to provide.
>>
>>
>>>[snip]
>>> hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1.3, assigned
>>>
>>>
>>address 8
>>
>>
>>> usb.c: USB device 8 (vend/prod 0x461/0x367) is
>>>
>>>
>>not claimed by any
>>
>>
>>>active
>>> driver.
>>>
>>>
>>THE resource for scanning under Linux is the SANE
>>project:
>>http://www.sane-project.org
>>
>>There doesn't seem to be a page or listing for the
>>5600 in the quick
>>search I did. However, there are listing for the
>>5300 and 5800 USB and
>>neither work. So, it's very unlikely that the 5600
>>would work.
>>
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