[sane-devel] Fuji Lanovia C-550.

[Pete Lancashire]

Ever since Fuji got out of the scanner biz the price has been dropping
fast, very fast. And as usual the PC, in this case a Mac that was
dedicated to it along with the proprietary software and lic. dongle
are usually long gone in another direction, thats the situation this
one is in. So far I can't even get Fuji or Agfa who resold it to even
give me more the the usual 'we don't support it anymore, click'.

HP lost the sale of 250 printers when I got that replay a few years
ago. The short term bean counters just don't get it.

> Unfortunately, at 5000 Dpi, I'd bet this thing uses some interesting compression, which could be hard to decode.

5000 x 18 x 13  x 48 (dpi, x, y, bits/pixel) , compression - I hope so !!!

-pete


PS C .. yes years ago, but it's like riding a bike :-)


On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not that I've heard. Its a pretty pricey piece to 'play with' :)
> However, if you've got some C programming experience, you might be in
> luck. More expensive scanners tend to have simpler protocols.
> Unfortunately, at 5000 Dpi, I'd bet this thing uses some interesting
> compression, which could be hard to decode.
>
> allan
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Pete Lancashire
> <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone connected one of these beasts up to a Linux box and
>> succeeded with sane ?
>>
>> I've been offered one at what I think is a reasonable price.
>>
>> -pete
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