primax: Re: primax_scan and multi-use parallel port
Subject:
Re: primax_scan and multi-use parallel port
From:
Christian Ordig ####@####.####
Date:
22 Mar 2000 20:57:03 -0000
Message-Id: <XFMail.000322214653.chr.ordig@gmx.net>
On 22-Mar-00 Alan Watson wrote:
> My primax_scan works fine. However, I have some
> questions about how it accesses the parallel
> port. Does primax_scan talk directly to the
> port, or does it use the parport module? I ask
> because I have daisy-chained a ZIP drive off the same
> port and it also works fine, but _not_ simultaneously
> with scanning: scanning and drive access conflict
> horribly.
Glad to here the driver is working fine.
We're accessing the parallel port directly.
Ever tried this under Windows ?! ,-(()
Answer: scanner also doesn't work when my printer is doing its work (in Win95/NT).
That's caused by the scanner design and not a software problem...
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