[sane-devel] Info about HP scanjet 2300c

[Julien TIERNY]

Hi,
	Henning's code is much more advanced.
	But he will be able to tell you by himself.
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	http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/genesys-backend/

bye, julien

Le lundi 17 Mai 2004 15:28, Yves Maniette a =E9crit :
> Gere K=E1roly, =E9crit :
> > Hi!
> >
> > I've just read on http://www.sane-project.org that the scanner HP
> > ScanJet 2300C is
> > unsupported. Since I own one, I would like to submit the information
> > I gathered
> > (at the end of this mail).
> >
> > I think it would be great to have a working backend for this
> > scanner, and since I can write programs in C, I'd like to write a
> > driver (or participate in the creation of the driver), but I'd need
> > some help - where and how to begin - because I don't know much about
> > creating drivers .
> >
> > If someone can send me a few links or some documents concerning the
> > creation of sane backends, I'd be more than happy.
>
>  I have a hp2400, and the output of sane-find-scanner gives this:
>
>
>
>  [...]
>
>  found USB scanner (vendor=3D0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=3D0x0a01 [=
hp
> scanjet scanner], chip=3DGL646_HP) at libusb:001:003 # Your USB scanner w=
as
> (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try
> scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
>
>   Frank Zago told me privately that he does not have much time to
> code, and myself do not know how to code at all. I might try to learn
> but that would mean learning from scratch.
>
>  Maybe Frank could send you some hints about how to code a new driver.
> And maybe I could manage to get more information using the "usbsniff",
> provided I find a windowsbox near here.
>
>
>  Yves