primax: Thread: Problem with primax_scan-0.93beta3 and Primax Colorado 1200p

Hi. I just got a Primax Colorado 1200p scanner and discoverd that 
primax_scan-0.93beta3 won't talk to it for some reason. Pxscan 0.41 sort  
of works with it - I can turn the lamp on and off and other things, but 
pxscan doesn't seem to support resolution over 300 (I think the 
Colorado 1200p has a dpi of 600) and when I try scanning all I get is a 
blank white image. This is what I get when I run pxscan version 0.41 
using RedHat 7.2: 

[root@moonshadow t]# pxscan -lon
Probing port 0378
    SPP port present
    PS/2 bidirectional port present
    EPP 1.9 with hardware direction protocol

ASIC: E3
scanner model reg= c
port_ctrl= C4

Can not identify this scanner. code: 03

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When I try running primax_scan, this is what I get...

[root@moonshadow t]# primax_scan -lon

:-(
Scanner did not switch to EPP mode.....not compatible?
[root@moonshadow t]#

Is there something broken with the way primax_scan looks at the printer 
port? Sure seems like it, otherwise pxscan would run into the same 
problem that primax_scan is having which it's clearly not.

Any ideas as to what could be wrong?

Chris








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Hi Chris,

I have got the same scanner with the same problems and with bad news: The 
scanner is not supported at all. This subject was in the mailinglist months 
ago. And today there is no solution at all. Perhaps someone has found one, 
but has not posted it here.
If you are able to write a driver or to find the bug, please do it. I can't 
do it, because I do not know how to do it and how to write some code.

greets
Robert
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