Re: [SLUG] A Driver for a Scanner.

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<quote who="Bill Bennett">

> I was given an Agfa 1212p Snapscan.
> 
> Without a power supply.
> 
> So, first off, can anybody confirm that this unit requires
> 16V DC to supply approx 0.9-1.0 amp?

Whoa! Weird. I have a USB version of the same scanner, and my power adapter
died. I can indeed confirm this, and also confirm how much of a PITA it is
when no one stocks one - I have just been looking in the last two days!

> Which I will make. No problems thus far.

Um... What are the chances of making two? :-) I would happily pay for your
services. :-)

> The driver for this unit, however, is something else.

While the kernel side of things was usbscanner.o (which worked okay), you
are better off using the libusb user-space support for it that comes with
xsane. Indeed, usbscanner has been removed from the 2.6 kernels because the
user-space support is so much saner (mind the pun). :-)

Thanks,

- Jeff

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