[sane-devel] MicroTek Scanmaker 4800

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 06:30:24PM +0200, Gytis wrote:
> is there a chance to get my scanner supported ?

Well, someone (probably you) must write a driver :-)

> maybe i could contribute, how deep my c language skils must be ?

Basic knowledge is ok. Programming skill isn't that important, more
skills like patience and endurance :-)

> maybe there is some kind of guide how to develop a driver ? Thanx.

There is a little bit of info about the chipset at
http://www.sq.com.tw/products/spec/scan08Spec.PDF . Ask the
manufacturer for more documentation.

Genereal hints on how to write a SANE backend: doc/backend-writing.txt
of the SANE source code.

Some links for sniff programs:
http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/misc/develop.html

Bye,
  Henning