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<h1>Re: Acer scanners</h1>
<b>Jorgen Grahn</b> (<a href="mailto:jorgen.grahn@opensoftware.se"><i>jorgen.grahn@opensoftware.se</i></a>)<br>
<i>Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:24:26 +0100</i>
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On Mon Feb 22 23:36:49 1999, you wrote:<br>
<i>&gt; "Richard W. Knight" wrote:</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; Has anyone had any success using the Acer flatbed scanners with SANE or any</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; other scanner drivers?</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; The Acer 310S is nearly identical to the Agfa Snapscan 310S, only</i><br>
<i>&gt; minor changes in the code are needed, unfortunately nobody has the</i><br>
<i>&gt; time.... I did discover the similarity. My hope is, that the next</i><br>
<i>&gt; version of the snapscan-modul will support Acer scanners as well.</i><br>
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I, too, am looking for info on the Acer scanners. The above is the same info<br>
that you can find in several statements in the sane-devel archives. Hasn't<br>
anyone investigated this further?<br>
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I purchased the AcerScan Prisa 620ST about a week ago. The scanner itself<br>
looks nice, but it seems to prefer the accompanying SCSI card. And although<br>
you can select a SCSI ID of 0-9 (sic!), you can't make the scanner terminate<br>
the SCSI bus correctly without extra hardware (in my case, a ZIP drive ;-)<br>
Oh, and the manual is awful, with the weirdest English I've seen. On the<br>
other hand, on www.acerperipherals.com it seems they know what they're doing.<br>
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Anyway, I'll install the scanner+card+Windoze on my brother's computer<br>
(where it is of most use anyway), then I'll mail a polite request to Acer to<br>
persuade them to release programming info. SANE support in the future would be<br>
great!<br>
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(End of mini-review and rambling.)<br>
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Further questions:<br>
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1. Is Vuego really the same company as Acer? I.e., would a Vuego 42FOO scanner<br>
be exactly the same as an Acer 42FOO?<br>
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2. If Acer 310S is modified from Agfa Snapscan 310S, would that make an Acer<br>
620ST a modified Agfa Snapscan &lt;something&gt;?<br>
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3. Assuming there is some support for the Acer 310S, using the SnapScan<br>
driver, can anyone estimate the chances of a later model like the 620ST<br>
working, too? Do they really mess that much with the protocols between<br>
models?<br>
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regards,<br>
J<EFBFBD>rgen<br>
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