# Re: Agfa Arcus II

Warren Early (earlyw@sphinx-group.com)
Fri, 1 May 1998 18:34:01 -0700 (PDT)

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For the record the Arcus II is equivalent to a Microtek Scanmaker III.

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Göran Thyni wrote:

> charter@cs.ualberta.ca wrote:
>
> > I don't know if anybody else is working on AGFA scanners, but so far the
> > only backend that has been announced is for the SnapScan (300/310; attempting
> > support for the 600). Unfortunately, there is very little compatibility
> > between different scanners in the AGFA line, and it's tough to develop
> > a backend for a scanner you don't own. If you're interested in writing
> > an Arcus II backend yourself, we could try to get the specs.
>
> Matto suggested that the Arcus II really is a microtek scanner,
> and after a little patching it works with his backend.
>
> Now if we add Arcus II the supported scanners someone (possibly me, but
> not
> right now) will want to add support for some advanced functions in the
> Arcus II.
>
> best regards,
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> Göran Thyni, sysadm, JMS Bildbasen, Kiruna
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