[sane-devel] Problems with HP Deskjet f4140 scanner

[Qchan]

Do you have an HP Deskjet F4140?

I'm just trying to figure out some tips to get this scanner working. I
have no leads at all... :(

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 13:46 +0200, Julien BLACHE wrote:
> JKD <jkdsoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> (readding sane-devel to the Cc:)
> 
> >> What's the status of the hp3900 backend ?
> >
> > During some months I've been working to add support to other scanners so
> > I didn't have much time to spend deciphering calibration proccess. But
> > retrieved image is quite acceptable.
> >
> > Current version (0.8) supports at least known scanners:
> > HP3800, HP3970, HP4070, HP4370
> >
> > SVN version includes support for another one (HP Scanjet G3010).
> >
> > I'm looking for two specific scanner models that use the same chipset.
> > Their drivers seem to be more detailed than provided by HP to analyze
> > how image offset and shadding values are calculated. But I can't find
> > them neither in ebay nor in any other shop:
> >
> > Umax astra 4950
> > Genius ColorPage HR7XE
> 
> Sounds like they're hard to find, indeed.
> 
> >> What are your plans wrt inclusion into SANE ?
> >
> > I registered an account at alioth some time ago (jkd-guest). My plan is
> > to release version 0.9 to include HPG3010 and asking for inclusion into
> > SANE.
> >
> > My idea is to maintain hp3900 project at sourceforge containing at least
> > the standalone application for debugging purposes when adding new
> > scanners and features before merging changes into SANE project ensuring
> > that hp3900 backend isn't broken before releasing another SANE version.
> 
> Good, looking forward to the 0.9 release, then ;)
> 
> Thanks for the update,
> 
> JB.
> 
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