[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?

[Daniel Reetz]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM, m. allan noah<kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you trying to build a digital back for something like a medium
> format body, or are you trying to build one of these panoramic
> machines?

I am trying to build a digital back for a custom camera, something
like a medium format camera.

> This seems to come up on this mailing list every few months, so you
> could try searching the archive, but in general you will likely want a
> CCD machine instead of a CIS machine.

Thanks. I see this question has been asked a few times with a few
different angles, but no one has really concretely recommended
anything or come back to report positive experiences with some
specific hardware. Bummer, that.

I did find your recommendation for certain "dumb" chipsets (GT* and/or
Genesys in particular). On the supported scanners list, I see that the
HP ScanJet 2300c has "complete" support and USB2. This sounds ideal to
me. In your opinion, is it a good hacking candidate?

[ http://www.amazon.com/HP-ScanJet-2300c-Flatbed-Scanner/dp/B00006AMS5 ]

> Smarter machines (like fujitsu)
> do lots of self-tests and self calibration, and will not like being
> dissembled. Dumber machines require more work from the software, which
> you can choose not to do :)

I see... thank you again for your time and advice, and apologies for
not Googlin' the archives sooner.
Daniel