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<h1>Info Peripherals' ImageReaderISA</h1>
<b>Dennis Putnam</b> (<a href="mailto:dap1@mindspring.com"><i>dap1@mindspring.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:04:53 -0500</i>
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As I understand the supported devices list, the subject scanner is not<br>
supported by 'sane'. However, I have a couple of generic questions<br>
that I can't seem to get from the documentation which apparenly<br>
assumes a lot of knowledge on the part of the reader. For the purposes<br>
of these questions, if it matters, I am running RH 5.2 (kernel 2.0.38)<br>
i386.<br>
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1) It appears that 'sane' expects the Linux kernel to recognize the<br>
device, correct? If so then where and how are the device drivers<br>
added? Are the supported device drivers 'modprobe'd in (i.e. 'modprobe<br>
sane-xxxx') or is there some kernel option I missed that brings in<br>
drivers? Am I confusing the backend drivers with device drivers and if<br>
so where does one get the device drivers if not included in the 'sane'<br>
distribution?<br>
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Assuming my first surmise is correct then perhaps the following is<br>
academic:<br>
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2) Where is the documentation for defining /dev/scanner? I assume<br>
there probably is a symbolic link to the real /dev but how is it<br>
created and how is it identified? There seems to be no documentation<br>
about creating or linking the scanner device to /dev/scanner? I saw a<br>
reference in the man pages to tools/find-scanner but that does not<br>
exist (I installed the RH RPM).<br>
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3) Since the ImageReader is TWAIN compliant is there not a generic<br>
TWAIN backend that should work with TWAIN compliant scanners? Or is<br>
TWAIN an insufficiently defined standard to actually allow a generic<br>
software solution?<br>
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4) The obvious: is anyone working on support for this scanner?<br>
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Thanks in advance for your replies.<br>
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