primax: Thread: Re: primax_scan and multi-use parallel port

Hi there,

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.

Alan Watson

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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