[sane-devel] Please Help with Epson Stylus CX-5800

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Hi Craig,

I saw your mail on the list but did not have time to look at this at
work.  I've taken a look at the usbsnoop log you made.  The CX-5800
obviously doesn't use the ESC/I protocol assumed and supported by the
epson and epkowa backends.  As Oliver already confirmed that it also
does not use the SnapScan protocol, changes are slim that it will work
at all but you could give the plustek backend a chance (at the risk of
damaging your device, mind you!).  The EPSON Perfection 1250 and 1260
are supported by this backend.

# Gerhard, could you take a look at the logs to see if there is even a
# chance?

If that also doesn't work you could inquire whether the CX-5800 will
eventually be supported by iscan (and therefore the epkowa backend)
via a proprietary and binary-only plugin at the Avasys website.

  http://www.avasys.jp/

Craig Setera <craigjunk at setera.org> writes:

> Oliver, thanks for taking a look.
>
> For those kinds souls that would be willing to take a look, the USB
> snoop log is stashed up on my web site.  You can grab it from here
> http://www.gizmo-a-gogo.org/sane/usbsnoop.zip
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
>
> Oliver Schwartz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've taken a look at the USB trace the Craig provided. The protocol
>> of the scanner is not compatible with the SnapScan protocol. Maybe
>> one of the epson backend maintainers is able to help.
>>
>> /Oliver
>>
>>
>>> On 2006-05-06 21:25, Craig Setera wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just bought an Epson Stylus CX-5800 All-In-One machine the
>>>> other day
>>>>
>>> This scanner is not in our lists at all so it's not known, if it is
>>> supported at all.
>>>
>>> Maybe the epkowa backend maintainer knows more about this scanner?
>>>
>>> Maybe it works with the snapscan backend?
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>>   Henning

Hope this helps,
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