('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
Yes, it's fun...and _hard_. Go to
and run USB Snoopy in your windoze. Try to do some scans and save the
log, each one in a different file. Do a scan in black&white, another
in colour, using the same scanning size (if applicable) and another
pair of scans using a different size. It's not necessary to wait
until the scanning is finished. You can just stop the log after some
centimiters (or half inches :) are scanned.
Then put those files in a web site, and the original image aswell.
Explain the resolution, size and color depth of each scan. Oh... I
forgot: compress all files!, but images shouldn't be saved in a
non-destructive format like jpeg.. use png/tiff/...
Put also a description of the machine that will be used for
testing: number of processors, motherboard, if the USB chipset is UHCI
or OHCI based, processor speed. Linux kernel version is also very
useful.
It is also useful (but not suggested) to open the scanner and
annotate the name/number of all big chips you can find. Also it can
solve some problems to dissasemble the windoze driver, which is used to
reside in c:/windoze/system32/drivers with extension .sys and a name
wich in some way is related to the name of the scanner. You can use
the (nice) Sang Cho windoze disassember under linux. Get it at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Foothills/4078/
And finally, let's see how fun will be this... ;)
PS:if you have any problem in any of the above steps, e-mail me or
post in the list (if the comunity is interested in that).
Cheers,
Adrian Perez Jorge
adrianpj at easynews.com
>
>Hi Monty,
>
>this is not easy. You will get no documentation for the S20 from HP. And
>it seems that it is not compatible to some other scanner. You only could
>reverse engineer the Windows driver or have a look at the USB protocols
>generated by some USB spy software. And you have to build a backend from
>scratch (or use the ppm-backend as example). And your scanner may crash
>during your tests.
>But it could be fun. I suppose other backends have been written this way
>too.
>
>Happy new year.
>
>--Peter
>
>Monty Taylor wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> Is anyone working on a backend for the HP PhotoSmart S20 USB? If not,
>> (or if so) could someone point me in the right direction so I could work
>> on one? (or help out) I'm scanning negatives on my wife's windows
>> machine right now and it's driving me NUTS!
>>
>> Thanks for the help...
>> Monty
>>
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