Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:21:10 +0000 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: Tony Simaz <ajs@garcon.qtm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP Scanjet Message-ID: <19980326102110.58774@iii.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199803260059.TAA14984@garcon.qtm.net>; from Tony Simaz on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 07:59:24PM %2B0000 References: <199803260059.TAA14984@garcon.qtm.net>
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On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 07:59:24PM +0000, Tony Simaz wrote:
> I have looked through the faq'a and other resources on the net but I
> haven't been able to find any references to using scanners under
> FreeBSD.
>
> I have a HP Scanjet 4c with a SCSI interface and I was hoping to use
> it with FreeBSD.
The commercial vendors page has
<URL:http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/software.html>;
XVScan allows you to use your HP ScanJet scanner under FreeBSD. It is
a commercial product based on John Bradley's xv.
I found this by going to <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/search.html>; and
searching the web pages for "scan".
Also, in the ports system there's
Category graphics
hpscan-1.0
HP scanner driver.
Maintained by: nate@FreeBSD.org
Requires: jpeg-6a
Description : Browse : Download : Package : Changes : Sources
sane-0.65
API for access to scanners, digitals camera, frame grabbers etc.
Maintained by: gary@hotlava.com
Requires: gmake-3.76.1
Description : Browse : Download : Package : Changes : Sources
which look like they could be useful. I found these by going to
<URL:http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi>; and searching for "scan".
Hope that helps,
N
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