Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:31:07 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP ScanJet 4100c? Message-ID: <20051217043107.GB61448@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200512162019.49001.mistry.7@osu.edu> References: <20051217010221.GA60469@thought.org> <200512162019.49001.mistry.7@osu.edu>
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 08:19:21PM -0500, Anish Mistry wrote: > On Friday 16 December 2005 08:02 pm, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, is this my big opportunity or what! :-) > > > > A friend bought an HP ScanJet 4100c for $15. For unknoen > > reason, it does not work wsith W-XP, but might this work > > with FBSD? > > > > Otherwise, I'm looking for a scanner with OCR-ware. For > > either my W2K box or FBSD. I finally do have the book I'm > > aiming to scan; I don;t know what happened to my friend > > with the microfiche of this text. Zero reply. > > > > Is there anybody in the Western WA locale who'd be willing > > to lend me scanner with OCR software or tell me what to > > buy that works with FBSD. For $15, it's worth asking about. > > > Check out if sane supports it. I'm in a similar situation with a HP > Scanjet 6200C. The driver on the HP isn't actually a driver so the > scanner is useless in Windows. I booted into FreeBSD, kldload > uscanner, and started xsane, it worked perfectly. I haven't tried > the OCR part of xsane, but it should work. Whoa, the online sane docs say that 4100C is supported. The next obstacle is the USB jack. Even my 1999 test e-machine has a usb thing hidden somewhere in front. This box, tao, is a barebones box I built in 08/2001; so I'm sure it's got a usb port somewhere. Do I have to build it into the kernel or what? IOW, what's the deal with USB stuff? I've had enough headbanging with ye olden COM[1234] ports. But it's time to get my fingers wet. thanks! gary PS: FWIW: my friend said that something-OCR was built-in. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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