[sane-devel] Looking for a backend?

[Oliver Schwartz]

Hi,

> I've recently installed a Mitsubishi Diamond View usb scanner -
> DV650U - which I notice is not on any of the Sane lists of
> supported scanners (works fine in the Windows partition, though).
> However, I was wondering if anyone may have had any experience with
> this model and could suggest a backend from another model that
> might substitute.
>
> sane-find-scanner sees the scanner there - vendor = 0x04a5, product
> = 0x20b0 - but xsane simply quits with "no devices found".
>
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Your scanner should be detected by the SnapScan backend (no idea if it 
works though - I got a hint that a Mitsubishi Diamdview 648UT does 
work, but I don't know about your model). If your scanner is not 
detected, make sure that dll.conf contains an entry "snapscan" (all 
lowercase).

Please also read the instructions on http://snapscan.sourceforge.net. 
You need to edit the firmware entry in snapscan.conf. To find out 
which firmware file to use run "acerfirm -q" (acerfirm is also 
available on the snapscan page).

Let me know if you encounter any problems.

Regards,

Oliver