Re: HP ScanJet Plus

Hugo van der Kooij (hvdkooij@caiw.nl)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:34:37 +0200 (CEST)

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Russell W. Behne wrote:
>
> > A friend just donated a HP ScanJet Plus to me, along with the Parallel
> > interface card, but no documentation.
>
> If you're planning on writing a driver for it, I'd suggest getting the
> book, "Linux Device Drivers" by Alessandro Rubini.
>
> It's a shame - about a year and a half ago I had one of these, with
> documentation and software but no interface card. I had to make room in my
> computer closet and I pitched it. :-/
>
> Anyway, you will need to get some fairly detailed information about how
> the card works. Possibly HP could help, but you'll probably have to send a
> lot of emails to various people until you find someone who can help you.

The PA-RISC port for Linux has some very good contacts within HP. Perhaps
they can guide you to the proper people.

You should contact Alex DeVries (Should be: Alex de Vries ;-) for this.

Hugo.

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