[sane-devel] Canon CanoScan LiDE 70 chips?
Waitman Gobble
waitman at waitman.net
Wed Jul 11 18:51:56 UTC 2007
I have a CanoScan LiDE 70 that i'd like to use on my linux machine....
if i can help let me know.
I have submitted the sane log files - hmmm maybe 8 months ago???
thank you!
Waitman
Endolith wrote:
> 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...
>
>
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