[sane-devel] Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB 1200 PRO

[m. allan noah]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Scot <sane at mailcan.com> wrote:
>> by m. allan noah-3 Jan 18, 2010; 08:52pm
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, scar <scar at ...> wrote:
>>>
>>> since i require an inexpensive A3 scanner, i plan on purchasing one of
>>> these soon, i have not found any other options.  Mustek appears to have
>>> a linux driver on their Taiwanese website, although i read reports here
>>> of it not working.  if all else fails i will attempt to install Windows
>>> XP in a virtual machine and use the scanner through there, which was
>>> also a possible solution i read on this list.
>>>
>>> naturally i would want to help develop a working sane driver.  i do not
>>> program but i have a degree in computer engineering so my background
>>> should be adequate enough to provide some help, given there is someone
>>> to provide me with suitable advice on how precisely to help.
>>
>> Sure- If you get one of these, we would need you to get a trace of the
>> windows driver making a small black and white scan, using this tool:
>>
>> http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/
>>
>> That should give us enough info to at least tell if the protocol is
>> similar to other scanners.
>>
>> allan
>
> The requested snoop output is bundled together with the corresponding
> small black and white image and posted at:
>
>  http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mustekscanner/
>  PublicFolder/mustek-a3-1200-pro.zip
>
> Please let me know what else I can do to help!

Well, it does alot of small control transfers, probably setting up
registers. I'm not well-versed in such machines. Perhaps someone else
will recognize it, or have time to compare to the existing mustek
backends.

allan
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