Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:27:03 +0000 From: Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP ScanJet 4400 & scanning with FreeBSD-4.4-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020111132702.GA720@debian.local> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0201101946360.22873-100000@yokozuna.bsd> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0201101946360.22873-100000@yokozuna.bsd>
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On 10 Jan 2002, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a HP ScanJet 4400 and I'm running FBSD 4.4. The ScanJet is able > to connect by parallel port and USB. Now I would like to scan under > FreeBSD. > > The only software I found was SANE, and hpscan in the ports tree. But > SANE only works with SCSI and hpscan is unfortunately been removed > from the ports tree. > > Is it possible to use a scanner with FreeBSD at all, and (if yes) > witch software do I need? > > Thanks in advance, > > Marco > > > -- xsane certainly works with at least some usb scanners (I use it for my Epson 1650 Perfection on Linux). I'm a Freebsd newbie and have no idea if it is available as a port, but it is available as source and also as a UNIX binary at http://www.xsane.org, so presumably that would work on Freebsd. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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