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To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: scanner on parallel port (mustek) 
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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 12:51:37 +0930
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> didier@omnix.fr.org wrote:
> 
> > I'm interested by a driver for
> > a mustek 4800 scanner connected to a parallel port
> > 
> > or if someone could help me
> > to find the  technical data
> > to write one
> > 
> Me too, except my Mustek is a 600EP.
> 
> What's with this? Is there any "standard" for
> using parallel ports for devices like scanners,
> CD-Roms, etc? I think I know the answer 8-( .

Yes, there are several.  8)

> If this isn't "technical" enough, maybe we could
> pursue this on "questions"?

Here is a fine place to be asking.  You would want to 
be looking at the code in sys/dev/ppbus (on a -current 
system).  I believe that at some stage Jordan had 
documentation on one or more of the Mustek scanners.

mike