[sane-devel] Curious about status of Lexmark X75 Linux Driver

[Fred Odendaal]

Paul,

Not only does the Lexmark developer's kit use compiled libraries, but it 
uses C++ code as well, which isn't accepted in Sane. You will also find 
that the kit is only for older Linux kernels (2.4) and it doesn't 
support all the scanner families - only X7170,  and X5250 are supported.

According to the unsupported devices web page the X75 uses the Realtek 
8893B scanner chip. So, it may be able to use the hp_rts88xx external 
backend, or support might be added to it. Alternatively the lexmark 
external backend is for x1100 series scanners, which use the Realtek 
8852B scanner chip. Depending on how close the 8893 is to the 8852, 
support for the X75 might be add to this backend.

regards,
Fred Odendaal

Paul Burden wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone in the linux community has made any efforts in 
> the Lexmark X75 driver.
>
> I've found out that Lexmark does provide a developers kit but  I've 
> been told it uses binary libraries which Sane cannot include.
> http://www.lexmark.com/US/products/info/linux/download.html
>
> I am new to this driver programming gig so bare with me. 
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