Re: os/2 and Parallel scanners

becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:16:24 +0200 (MET DST)

> For my device, the manufactorer doesn't want to give anything out. Well at
> leastto me. Others they have given information out. It is these other
> recipients I am complaining about since they either never respond or rarely
> respond.

So you got to reverse engineer the protocol ...

> > What you need to do is get the programming specs from your manufacturer and
> > start coding (or find someone who is willing to do it).
>
> I don't have a problem with coding it myself. I just need the info.

You will have to run the scanner with the software that came with it and
apply a parallel port sniffer.

If you are lucky, the driver might run under WINE which support port sniffing.

Otherwise you will have to find an appropriate program for the OS it runs with
or apply a hardware sniffer.

> Another problem would be that it wouldn't be written in C to benefit the
> SANE crowd.

As long as you write it under an open license, converting to C should be the
smallest problem ...

CU,Andy

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= Andreas Beck                    |  Email :  <andreas.beck@ggi-project.org> =

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