# Re: Microtek ScanMaker X6EL supported??

Bernd Schroeder (bernd@aquila.muc.de)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:54:49 +0200

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Hi,

On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 10:06:20AM -0500, Brian E. Bothwell wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Brian E. Bothwell wrote:
>
> >
> > I just got a Microtek ScanMaker X6EL (hanging off of a Adaptec AVA-2902
> > adapter, which shows up successfully as a Adaptec AIC-7850 and works with
> > the Zip drive on the same SCSI chain)
> >
> > I set up SANE to use only the microtek and microtek2 backends, while the
> > scanner seems to be recognized, SANE still complains "no SANE devices
> > found".
> >
> > Anyone had any luck with this model? It's a great scanner, and I would
> > love not to have to boot to Windoze95 to use it. I assume if their is no
> > support, this is due to the fact the X6EL is so new to the market.
> >
> > *************************************************
> >
> > Here is a debugging dump of the microtek and microtek2 backends
> > (one thing to note is the VENDOR string is ' ', and the model it
> > shows up as is '636EL')
>
>
> Oops! I sent the debug info without SANE_DEBUG_MICROTEK2=128. Looks like
> I may have answered my own question given the line "Model 0x98 not
> supported"... :(

This means that the backend doesn't yet know this model, but it doesn't
mean that the backend does not work with it or can be made to work with
it.

Please download a newer version of the backend from

ftp://ftp.muc.de/people/bernds/mtek2/microtek2-pre0.5.150998.tar.gz .

Can you then add this model code 0x98 to the function check_inquiry() in
microtek2.c and tell us what happens then ? The backend should then
at least print some more information to stderr, that is necessary to tell
you more.

Bernd

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