[sane-devel] Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB 1200 PRO

[Ille]

Le Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:25:20 -0500,
"m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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

Hi, I did not investigate much, but it really looks like sq113 ship. In
my opinion, you should try the mustek_usb2 backend.
Regards

Tam