Re: Logitech Support ?

Bellerophon (bellerophon@pobox.com)
Mon, 02 Jun 1997 14:18:20 -0400

> > I've got a Logitech PageScan Color, through a parallel interface. Is there
> > any support for this through SANE? Is there any support other than SANE for
> > Linux? I've seen drivers for the ScanMan through a specialized interface
> > card, but this doesn't seem to work for the PageScan.
>
> No - it can't due to the very design (I wrote it). Logitech seems to adhere to
> its policy not to release source or documentation.
>
> You might want to step on their nerves until they either do one of the above
> or agree to write SANE drivers themselves. As SANE can easily incorporate
> binary drivers, they might agree, though I do not think they actually would
> spend any money in supporting an OS which has "only" a few percent of the
> market.

Well, I'll be glad to step on whatever nerves might be lying around. Any clue
on where to start poking and prodding for info?

>
> The other way out would be to find someone who writes a driver. The parallel
> port is something which is easy to monitor and hopefully the protocol spoken
> is not too complex, so reverse-engeneering from the data on the bus shouldn't
> be too hard.

Heh. Not to hard for someone who knows what they're doing. _I_, on the other
hand, am completely clueless when it comes to driver-writing. So, while I'm
willing to do as much as I'm able, I'd need some help in that department.

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