[sane-devel] Canon CanoScan LiDE 70 chips?

[Endolith]

On 7/8/07, Gerald Murray <gmurray at cloudnet.com> wrote:
> There certainly are times when it is beneficial to know the
> chipset.  That is limited to chips that have documentation
> available, (which is less than all scaner chips).

Alright.  I will take a good look at it and see if there's a way to
get at the chip seamlessly.  Otherwise I'm not going to risk it.  I
will just reassemble it and get a refund.

> There is another method of ... monitoring
> the usb bus for each different setting.
>
> There is no way to tell when in the future a driver can be made
> available.  Someone needs to step up and begin a long, difficult
> endeavor.
>
> As far as I know, no one has yet committed to developing for the
> LiDE 70.

And Canon absolutely refuses to provide help with this?  That alone is
a good reason to take it back.  :-/

Does anyone know of another bus-powered scanner like this that is
well-supported?  Which manufacturers are most cooperative?

Powered through USB 2.0 port, no AC adapter required.									
Optical: 2400 x 4800 dpi
Color: 48-bit internal/48-bit external (selectable in driver)

It'll take a while to look through all the supported models' specs by hand...