From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 11 1:36:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E3D437B53A for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:36:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from desktop.freebsd.org (tntwc01-3-242.idx.com.au [203.166.3.242]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA18936; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:35:42 +1000 From: Danny To: Bruce Burden , dannyh@idx.com.au (Danny) Subject: Re: Xsane and scanner query Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:43:45 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (Freebsd Questions) References: <200006101526.KAA09939@sullivan.realtime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00061218441202.00473@desktop.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello - thank you for your help On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Bruce Burden wrote: > > > > > > - Currently I have a optic Pro 4830p scanner plugged in the parlell port > > - I have installed xsane > > - Not suprisingly I have to MAKDEV scanner or something > > > > Question > > - I want to know what exactly I have to do to get my scanner to work. > > > To get your parallel scanner to work, you are going to have > to get the specifics on how the parallel interface works, and then > write a driver that will talk to your parallel scanner correctly. > > Then you will have what you need to use your parallel scanner > correctly. And, you will receive the gratitude of all of the folks > who have a parallel scanner that are in the same boat as you. > > Sorry, but SANE doesn't support parallel scanners. Many SCSI > scanners, some USB scanners, but no parallel scanners that I know > of. > > Bruce -- ------------------------------------------------------------ You are not authorized to use my email address for spam or any purpose whatsoever. Remove my email address from your databases immediately and do not attempt to email me in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message