Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:31:39 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SANE vs USB scanner on 8.0 Message-ID: <20100124143139.99b7d102.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001231952522.16761@wonkity.com> References: <200909282240.53802.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200910291205.05757.hselasky@c2i.net> <200910292313.24636.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200910291347.10390.hselasky@c2i.net> <20100110184252.a2efd4cd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20100124031045.ad6515c9.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001231952522.16761@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:41:53 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > Don't know about the firmware upload for that scanner, but I've recently There is a firmware file, and the upload "just works" under FreeBSD 7.x and earlier. I have this in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf: firmware /usr/local/share/sane/snapscan/SnapScan_1212U_2_Scanwise_2.00.bin > found the easier way to set up USB scanners for SANE. Just use the USB > vendor/product IDs in the SANE config file as they are shown (but didn't > work way back when on FreeBSD, AFAIR). So epson.conf has > > usb 0x04b8 0x010a This is already in snapscan.conf: # Agfa 1212U usb 0x06bd 0x0001 usb 0x06bd 0x2061 The last one is the id; why there are two lines I don't know. > scanimage -d epson --mode gray ... Doesn't work for mine: root@kg-v2# scanimage -d snapscan > /tmp/test.pnm scanimage: open of device snapscan failed: Invalid argument root@kg-v2# scanimage -v -d snapscan > /tmp/test.pnm scanimage: open of device snapscan failed: Invalid argument root@kg-v2# scanimage -L No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > Maybe using the USB vendor/product IDs won't trigger the problem with > the snapscan backend? Goiod idea, but that wasn't the case. > Just to add: due to the popularity of all-in-one inkjet/scanner/coffee > machine/clock radio units, flatbed scanners are getting really cheap at > thrift stores. I bought an HP 2300C for the princely sum of $2 last > week. It's not much of a scanner, but it works fine with FreeBSD and > doesn't need a firmware download. The Epsons are better (IMO), but not > as common. I agree; flatbed scanners are cheap. However; I have this unit already taking up some space here, it works with earlier versions of FreeBSD, so I would prefer that I could get it working with FreeBSD 8 as well. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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