[sane-devel] Xerox Phaser 6180MFP / Which Protocol is used ? See USBSnoop.log

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On Thursday 21 January 2010 03:24:46 am Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   as m.allan noah recommended in his last post (see below) I used USBSnoop
> to generate a log (find it enclosed).
> Is anybody recognizing the Protocol used, or is anybody able and willing to
> writer/modify a driver ?
> 
> Thanks for your help..
> 
> G.Birkenfeld
> 
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: m. allan noah [mailto:kitno455 at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Januar 2010 23:46
> An: birkenfeld at geobiz.de
> Cc: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: [sane-devel] What device does Xerox Phaser 6180MFP use ? See
> output here..
> 
> 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
> --
> "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
> 
You don't say what OS your using. The following page has a CUPS Linux and 
Windows package for the 6180MFP. I do not know if it covers the scanner.

http://www.support.xerox.com/go/results.asp?Xtype=download&prodID=6180MFP&Xlang=en_US&Xcntry=USA

I have used the Phaser 6120 package for 3 years, works fine on my Linux 
system. I can also print to it from my XP Guest on VirtualBox.

Hope this helps..