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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Bernard MICHAUD (<A HREF="mailto:michaud-b@wanadoo.fr?Subject=Re:%20Microtek%20Phantom%20with%20ppSCSI&In-Reply-To=&lt;399AEFE6.9947A76E@wanadoo.fr&gt;"><EM>michaud-b@wanadoo.fr</EM></A>)<BR>
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I now remember that for W9x some options were mandatory for the scanner
<BR>
driver given with the thing (and not indicated with the box!). They can
<BR>
be got from microtek's site. The fact is that at the beginning, my PC
<BR>
used to lock up while trying to scan, with W98. At the moment the
<BR>
Phantom 330 CX works, but needs W9X, which is nomore my cup of tea. So
<BR>
if it is not worth the effort to make it working under Linux, I shall
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chuck it out some day and buy a good-linuxable one. (The only interest
<BR>
of this model was its price, less than 90 euros).
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<P>&quot;Joseph R. + Martina Eoff&quot; a <20>crit :
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<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Hi!
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; It is possible to get a Microtek 330CX to work under Linux. I had mine working
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; for a couple of months at the beginning of the year. It is unfortunatley not
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; worth the effort. I ended up buying a Mustek SE 12000SP, with which I am very
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; happy. Just don't bother using the SCSI card it comes with. An Initio 9100UW
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; does a very good job and is inexpensive. Back to the Phantom: There are still
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; some issues in the driver that make the scans come out too dark, adn they are
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; also generally reversed left for right and there are problems with the
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; positioning of previews and scan areas in xsane/xscanimage. All of these
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; problems are due to some work that needs to be done on the backend. It seems,
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; though, that the maintainer has dropped out of sight. I haven't seen an
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; announcement of a new version of the Microtek2 backend since January 2000. Bernd
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; did answer a posting here a while back, but that was about all,
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; BTW: The difficulties that Riku mentioned with the Windows drivers is one of the
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; reasons that Windows has been banned from my computer. The crashes and random
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; &quot;Scanner doesn't want to play today&quot; crap just got on my nerves. In Berd's
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; defense, I must say that although the Windows driver delivered better scans, the
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Microtek2 backend never crashed in all the time I was monkeying with it. If you
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; want to lock up Windows, pull the power plug on your Phantom in the middle of a
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; scan and watch Windows croak. The Microtek2 backend just times out and exits
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; gracefully. I know this because I had a bad extension cord that caused a few
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; problems:-)
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt;
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; Joseph R. Eoff
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