primax: Specs for Primax scanner
Subject:
Re: Specs for Primax scanner
From:
Christian Ordig ####@####.####
Date:
10 May 1999 18:20:00 -0000
Message-Id: <XFMail.990510202049.chr.ordig@gmx.net>
On 10-May-99 CP Hennessy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If the choices Primax are going to give us are too restrictive, then we can
> continue as Christian and Marco have been doing ( which is I understand quite
> difficult ).
>
Well, negitiation is in progress. And primax has told us, the source will be
freely available. We´re avaiting the NDA during the next days. Then we´ll be
able to be more specific.
> If this is too difficult/slow then there is another possibility for us to
> "catch" the protocol used between the PC and the scanner - basically trying
> to catch it after it has exited the parallel port :
>
> by either setting up a parallel port on another PC to act as if it
> were a peripheral - but I have been told that this is quite
> difficult; or
Yes, it is.
> putting another piece of hardware between the PC and the scanner
> which captures messages. I have no experience in the electronics
> needed to do this but I have come accross some web pages describing
> a reasonably cheap way to do this ( about $20 ):
> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/kheidens/lptcap/lptcap.htm
>
Well, but a new Scanner would be available for about $50... (one which is
already supported by SANE ;-)
> Any other suggestions ?
>
s.a.
> CP
>
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