[sane-devel] What device does Xerox Phaser 6180MFP use ? See output here..

[m. allan noah]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld
<gerobirkenfeld at web.de> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>  I am absolutely new to Linux, but anyway I have been in contact with the
> mantainer of xerox_mfp backend. He suggested to ask on this mailing list, if
> somebody knows a compatible driver, or can do something about my problem:
>
> I bought a Xerox Phaser 6180MFP lately, but I cannot use the scanner under
> Linux because it is not listed and stated as compatible on sane-project.org.
> But I tried to
>
> 1. run "sane-find-scanner" which gave me the USB ID...
> 2. found USB ID's (vendor and manufacturer) and added them in HEX to
> xerox_mfp.conf 3. tried SANE_DEBUG_XEROX_MFP=9 scanimage -L which did not
> work:

[snip]

> If there is no driver available, what informations are needed to develop
> one, and, if it is possible is there anybody to out there to take tasks ?

The usb interface looks simple enough, very few endpoints. Can you get
a trace of the windows driver making a small black and white scan
using this tool: http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/ Then zip
the log, and send it to the list. Perhaps someone will recognize the
protocol.

There are individuals on this list who will write and/or modify
drivers. Some do this for free or for hardware donation, others do it
for payment.

allan
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