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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: SANE configuration ... ideas?
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On Fri, 4 Sep 2009, Modulok wrote:

> I want a scanner. I found one I like. I then checked the SANE
> 'Supported Scanners' list. My scanner is there:
>
> "Perfection V300 Photo	USB	0x04b8/0x0131	good 	requires DFSG non-free
> esci-interpreter-gt-f720<br>overseas version of the GT-F620"
>
> I'm not sure what the 'requires DFSG...' business is about

Possibly the scanner requires a firmware download.  The Handbook scanner 
example shows how to do that, but I think it's more involved with that 
scanner.  It appears that Luigi Rizzo ported the required software; see

http://www.avasys.jp/cgi-bin/lx/bbs/en/scanner-bbs/hyperbbs.cgi?mode=view;Code=5072

and the link to his port

http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/20081230-epkowa-port.tgz

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA