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<h1>Re: FAQish questions: Which scanner ?</h1>
<b>Chris Pinkham</b> (<a href="mailto:cpinkham@infi.net"><i>cpinkham@infi.net</i></a>)<br>
<i>Sun, 1 Aug 1999 18:57:19 +0000 ()</i>
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<i>&gt; Q3: What are the known problems with Linux Kernel SCSI support</i><br>
<i>&gt; with regard to scanners ?</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; A3: ?generic scsi support broken in 2.2.6-2.2.9 (!)?</i><br>
<i>&gt; ?Kernels 2.2.10 &amp; 2.0.37 OK? </i><br>
<i>&gt; ?problems with old Advansys drivers ?</i><br>
<i>&gt; ?problems with old Tekram drivers ?</i><br>
<i>&gt; ?problems with some 53C875 driver versions?</i><br>
<i>&gt; ?problems with some 53C810 driver versions?</i><br>
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I'm using 2.2.6 and it's working fine on my system. I actually used to<br>
have occasional problems with the early 2.2.x series, but they have been<br>
fixed on my system. I use an Adaptec 1542CF card with only my Artec AT3<br>
scanner and a ZIP Plus drive attached (daisy-chained off the back of<br>
the scanner). I use an Advansys ABP940U for my main SCSI card although I<br>
don't have any Ultra-SCSI devices attached to it for now, just a FAST-SCSI<br>
hard drive and a CD-ROM and CDRW. Don't have any scsi problems though<br>
unless I'm messing with the artec backend and changing code which confuses<br>
the SCSI bus. :)<br>
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<i>&gt; Q5: Which scanner manufacturers - if any - provide or fund</i><br>
<i>&gt; SANE (Linux) support ?</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; A5: ? HP and Umax ? Complete guess. </i><br>
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I have received some information from Artec in the past, but nothing<br>
recently. I believe the person I was dealing with is no longer with the<br>
company because email to him bounced a few weeks ago. I used this<br>
documentation to get the AT3 and A6000C+ models working and also to make<br>
some headway on getting other models working, but it's a slow go since I<br>
only have access to my AT3.<br>
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<i>&gt; Q4: Which backends are being actively developed ?</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; A4: ?Umax, HP, Nikon?</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Difficult to tell. Microtek2 maybe. Agfa Snapscan maybe.</i><br>
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The Artec backend is being updated whenever I have time, which I have been<br>
able to work on it more recently. I have been just putting updates on<br>
my webpage and have been in email contact with a few people testing it with<br>
me. When we are ready to make another SANE release, I'll do a diff and<br>
submit a patch for all the changes that I've made since Sane 1.0 (same<br>
backend version as 1.0.1).<br>
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Chris<br>
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