[sane-devel] open a project for the epson 1250 on SF ?

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

.. and there is a project already set up on sourceforge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lm983x-backend/


Karl Heinz Kremer <khk at khk.net> said:

> Back in April '01 there was a discussion on this mailing list about 
> 983x based scanners. Back then Henning Meier-Geinitz  asked about
> the status of all 983x projects (http://www.mostang.com/mail-archive/sane-
> devel/2001-04/0066.html)
> and  Gerhard Jaeger replied that he was working on something
> (http://www.mostang.com/mail-archive/sane-devel/2001-04/0074.html). 
> 
> I have not followed this discussion since.
> 
> Karl Heinz
> 
> Yves Duret <yduret at mandrakesoft.com> said:
> 
> > "Karl Heinz Kremer" <khk at khk.net> writes:
> > 
> > > I don't think it's a good idea to write a backend for the Perfection 
1250
> > > from scratch. There are several scanners that are based on the LM 983x
> > > chips, which all could use the same basic backend. Every scanner would
> > > however need some "tweaking" so that all the vendor specific stuff would
> > > work.
> > > 
> > > As far as I know there is at least one project already underway to 
> > > develop a 983x backend. Check the archives of this list (or wait for
> > > the project maintainer to participate in this discussion). 
> > > 
> > > Karl Heinz
> > 
> > yep it is for the hp scanjet 2200c (at least)
> > see http://scanjet2200c.sourceforge.net/ for more info
> > perhaps you could write a unique lm983x backend that suppoorts differents
> > manufacturers.. but sure you can reuse their work.
> > -- 
> > Yves Duret
> > yduret at mandrakesoft.com
> > piouk toujours et meme apres !
> > 
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