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<h1>Re: Mustek 600 III EP</h1>
<b>Jeff DeFouw</b> (<a href="mailto:mrj@i2k.com"><i>mrj@i2k.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Fri, 2 Apr 1999 18:10:59 -0500 (EST)</i>
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On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Jon Price wrote:<br>
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<i>&gt; I shall preface this by saying that I haven't as yet downloaded the</i><br>
<i>&gt; driver for the Mustek 600 II. Ishall do that immediately following this</i><br>
<i>&gt; e-pistle. It is barely possible that the clever Tiwanese used the same</i><br>
<i>&gt; command strructure for the II and III versions. The III actually uses</i><br>
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Don't bother with the driver, it isn't compatible.<br>
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<i>&gt; turning the light on in the scanner, there must be some info, somewhere</i><br>
<i>&gt; on the 600 III command structure.</i><br>
<i>&gt; I have yet to locate (12 phone calls) the source of this info within</i><br>
<i>&gt; Mustek USA. Indeed, the word seems to be that the information doesn't</i><br>
<i>&gt; exist in Mustek USA. Since you have created drivers for the Mustek</i><br>
<i>&gt; SCSI's, there is obviously a breach in the Mustek InfoWall. Would</i><br>
<i>&gt; appreciate either a.) the info or b.) the extension of the info leak.</i><br>
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They usually give out info for the SCSI command set, but they refuse to<br>
give out anything on the parallel port protocol. Others have tried and<br>
none have succeeded. The only way is by playing with their windows<br>
driver... you can imagine how fun that is.<br>
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<i>&gt; I am not, at present, prepared to swear, under penalty of X11 socket</i><br>
<i>&gt; disconnect, that I will implement a SANE driver for the 600 III - I</i><br>
<i>&gt; haven't used SANE, yet. I shall, however, tanatively assume that a</i><br>
<i>&gt; collection of individuals sufficiently intelligent to use LINUX should</i><br>
<i>&gt; be intelligent enough to create a scanner interface that is actually</i><br>
<i>&gt; useable (as opposed to the Windows/TWAIN rescource pit).</i><br>
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I am already working on a driver. I've been delayed for a while because<br>
of other projects I got involved in (ugh), but those have quieted down<br>
now. I actually started the driver in the fall of last year... but I got<br>
interrupted... I can turn the lamp on and off for hours of enjoyment, and<br>
throw the scanner into a fit of random movements, but as for functional<br>
uses... Anyway, I plan to work on the driver over my spring break (which<br>
begins today). I should have something that scans at least a raw image,<br>
in at least one dpi mode (I think the data set I'm working with was at 100<br>
dpi... it was so long ago... either that or 600) by the end of next week.<br>
Wish me luck. Originally it will be standalone, and then it will be<br>
integrated with SANE.<br>
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<i>&gt; go). Experience has taught avoidance of any/all gooeys (correct</i><br>
<i>&gt; pronounciation of GUI's). I shall, however give X11 a chance as it</i><br>
<i>&gt; doesn't seem like it should be too bad to change my C source to try it.</i><br>
<i>&gt; Even if I just give the task manager a big e-PROZAC and run stand-alone</i><br>
<i>&gt; I can use gimp to scan to TIFF files, so a SANE driver would be worth</i><br>
<i>&gt; creating.</i><br>
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SANE has both a command line non-GUI interface and an X interface. It<br>
does not require X.<br>
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<i>&gt; Well, as usual, I have run with the v option turned on and this is</i><br>
<i>&gt; turning into a rambling discourse, so I shall end here. Appreciate</i><br>
<i>&gt; any/all Mustek 600 III Ep info. Will probably turn same into SANE</i><br>
<i>&gt; driver.</i><br>
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No info to offer, but how does the nearing availability of a driver sound?<br>
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