[sane-devel] Scanner Woes (Primax USB 0x0461:0x0371 Realtek RTS8801B)

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 08:23:07PM -0400, Pedro wrote:
> I have a Visioneer OnTouch 8700 USB scanner 
> (actually a Primax USB scanner?)
> vendor=0x0461, product=0x0371, Realtek RTS8801B chipset
> 
> Its said to be supported by the linux kernel scanner driver, 

which doesn't exist any longer. Anyway, being supported by the kernel
driver doesn't mean anything.

> (scanner.c) though there doesnt seem to be a sane backend written 
> for it. 
> ): www.sane-project.org/unsupported/visioneer-onetouch8920.html ):

Correct. So please start writing a backend if you want support :-)

Thanks for your info about that scanner, I've added it to the SANE
website.

Bye,
  Henning