From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 26 00:57:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA27498 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 00:57:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA27492 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 00:57:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id JAA27615; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 09:15:48 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199701260815.JAA27615@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: Color Scanner To: crtb@capecod.net (Chuck) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 09:15:48 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199701260103.UAA02056@localhost.nih.gov> from "Chuck" at Jan 25, 97 08:03:09 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Have any color scanners been successfully mated to a FreeBSD system? > All the dealer web pages insist that every scanner they offer runs > with either Microsoft or Mac operating systems. none seem to say > anything about a Unix system. TIA I have some patches for the asc driver to run with the Mustek color hand scanner, but would not recommend it (the scanner) because it has a very low res (200 or 133 dpi) and it is probably only good for pictures. No manufacturer/dealer support at all, besides. Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________