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<p>I contacted the vendor, I've asked if they have any API specs. Is that the best first step?</p>
<p>On 2020-01-02 01:40, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Hi Ralph,<br /><br /> Ralph Little writes:<br /><br />
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">Hi,<br /><br /> On 2020-01-01 5:14 p.m., <a href="mailto:daniel@pixelgrease.co">daniel@pixelgrease.co</a> wrote:
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<br /> I'm interested to know why you think it is an Avision scanner?</blockquote>
<br /> Uh,<br /><br />
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<br /> That 0x0638 is Avision's vendor ID ...<br /><br /> Hope that helps,<br /> --<br /> Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27<br /> GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9<br /> Support Free Software <a href="https://my.fsf.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://my.fsf.org/donate</a><br /> Join the Free Software Foundation <a href="https://my.fsf.org/join" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://my.fsf.org/join</a></div>
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