# Re: Logitech Support ?

becka@sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Sat, 31 May 1997 16:13:43 +0200 (MET DST)

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> I've got a Logitech PageScan Color, through a parallel interface. Is there
> any support for this through SANE? Is there any support other than SANE for
> Linux? I've seen drivers for the ScanMan through a specialized interface
> card, but this doesn't seem to work for the PageScan.

No - it can't due to the very design (I wrote it). Logitech seems to adhere to
its policy not to release source or documentation.

You might want to step on their nerves until they either do one of the above
or agree to write SANE drivers themselves. As SANE can easily incorporate
binary drivers, they might agree, though I do not think they actually would
spend any money in supporting an OS which has "only" a few percent of the
market.

The other way out would be to find someone who writes a driver. The parallel
port is something which is easy to monitor and hopefully the protocol spoken
is not too complex, so reverse-engeneering from the data on the bus shouldn't
be too hard.

CU,Andy

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