[sane-devel] FreeBSD 5.1R, SANE, Canon 1240U scanner

[Charles Sprickman]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Gerhard Jaeger wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the 1240 is supported by the backend, but there are several issues with
> FreeBSD...

The only "issue" I could find was that you had to disable the "uscanner"
kernel module and use libusb instead.  This was FreeBSD 5.1.  I'm unaware
of whether uscanner now supports the commands sane wants under 5.2.

Charles

> There are some reports, that using the libusb does not work correctly, there's
> also a description for making a CanoScan device work with FreeBSD 4.8:
> http://gja.space4me.com/things/CanoScan_LiDE20_FreeBSD.html
>
> Maybe this helps...
>
> Ciao,
>   Gerhard
>
> BTW: The LM9833 and the LM9832 are using the same internal version...
>
> On Monday 09 February 2004 21:01, Doug Carter wrote:
> > Allan,
> >
> >
> > 1. Double checking the man page for plustek, I find my scanner:
> >
> > sane-plustek(5) 	 SANE Scanner Access Now Easy	       sane-plustek(5)
> >
> >        Vendor CANON - ID: 0x04A9
> >        ----------------------------------------------------------
> >        USB Model:	  ASIC:  Properties:		  Prod-ID
> >        ----------------------------------------------------------
> >        CanoScan N1240U	  LM9833 1200x2400dpi 48bit 512Kb 0x220E
> >
> > 2. I make sure its plugged in to the usb port.
> >
> > 3. #SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK=255;export SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK
> > 4. #scanimage -L 2&> logfile
> >
> > and I get:
> >
> > [plustek] Plustek backend V0.46-9, part of sane-backends 1.0.13
> >
> > <snip, a bunch of stuff that I don't think matters at this point>
> >
> > [plustek] drvopen()
> > [plustek] usbDev_open(auto,0x04A9-0x220E)
> > [plustek] Found device at >libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0<
> > [plustek] Vendor ID=0x04A9, Product ID=0x220E
> > [plustek] usbio_DetectLM983x
> > [plustek] UIO error
> > [plustek] This is not a LM9831 or LM9832 chip based scanner.
> > [plustek] open failed: -1
> > [plustek] sane_get_devices (0xbfbff3e8, 0)
> > [plustek] sane_exit
> >
> > ... so, perhaps the scanner is not supported despite the man page entry?
> > Or, I notice it refers to LM9831 & LM9832 but not LM9833 which the
> > table notes for this scanner...
> >
> > Doug
> >
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