From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 17 04:31:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC9D16A41F for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:31:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD63143D49 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:31:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBH4VAni099369; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:31:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jBH4V8K5099347; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:31:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:31:07 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Anish Mistry Message-ID: <20051217043107.GB61448@thought.org> References: <20051217010221.GA60469@thought.org> <200512162019.49001.mistry.7@osu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512162019.49001.mistry.7@osu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP ScanJet 4100c? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 04:31:13 -0000 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