[sane-devel] Samsung SCX-4100 support proposal.

Tue Nov 15 19:35:05 UTC 2011

Thank for your answer. I'll definitely try it and give a first close look
into the code during the nearest weekend.

14 ноября 2011 г. 0:18 пользователь m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com>написал:

> You should get a log of the scanner in use with the windows driver. If
> you post the log on the web, someone may recognize the protocol. If
> you are lucky, it will be similar to an existing machine. I use this
> tool:
>
> http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/
>
> allan
>
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Ilya Tumaykin <itumaykin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > You mean I should step forward from Reporting Unsupported Scanners to the
> > next section Writing a Backend and start some coding?
> >
> > 13 ноября 2011 г. 13:56 пользователь ABC <abc at telekom.ru> написал:
> >>
> >> I will not help you on that. Please read
> >> http://www.sane-project.org/contrib.html
> >>
> >> -abc
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 06:29:29PM +0300, Ilya Tumaykin wrote:
> >> > I have no /proc/bus/usb, but here are the rest of the info I
> collected.
> >> > Not
> >> > sure if I should add these files as attachements, so I uploaded it to
> >> > pastebin.ca.
> >> >
> >> > dmesg
> >> > http://pastebin.ca/2093986
> >> >
> >> > lsusb -vvv
> >> > http://pastebin.ca/2093987
> >> >
> >> > sane-find-scanner -v -v (from root)
> >> > http://pastebin.ca/2093988
> >> >
> >> > udevadm monitor --udev --kernel --property
> >> > http://pastebin.ca/2093989
> >> >
> >> > What is the next step?
> >> >
> >> > 2011/11/11 ABC <abc at telekom.ru>
> >> >
> >> > > Hello Ilya Tumaykin,
> >> > >
> >> > > Then you should go standard/hard way:
> >> > > http://www.sane-project.org/contrib.html
> >> > >
> >> > > -abc
> >> > >
> >> > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 01:30:32AM +0300, Илья Тумайкин wrote:
> >> > > > Thanks for your reply.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Of course I've already tried that with no luck at all.
> >> > > > The short story of things that already was tried (all of them
> >> > > > failed):
> >> > > > 1. Added scanner's usb id to xerox_mfp.conf. Double checked udev
> >> > > > rules
> >> > > for
> >> > > > correctness. Blacklisted usblp and built SANE with usb support.
> >> > > > 2. Got reports that SCX-4200 "just works" with latest Ubuntu.
> >> > > > Checked
> >> > > > patches for Ubuntu package. None of them were related, however I
> >> > > > gave it
> >> > > a
> >> > > > try with no luck.
> >> > > > 3. Installed latest Ubuntu just to be sure and eliminate the fact
> >> > > > that I
> >> > > > could forgot some small detail.
> >> > > > 4. Tried several different versions of Samsung's Unified Driver on
> >> > > > my
> >> > > > Gentoo and that clean Ubuntu I've just installed.
> >> > > > There are several comments related to this issue in Gentoo's
> >> > > > bugzilla
> >> > > under
> >> > > > the name "Coacher":
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139715
> >> > > > However, it is not SANE related.
> >> > > > 5. Recompiled 3.0.8 kernel with changed Makefile to make it
> >> > > > 2.6.40.8:
> >> > > > VERSION = 2
> >> > > > PATCHLEVEL = 6
> >> > > > SUBLEVEL = 40
> >> > > > EXTRAVERSION = .8
> >> > > > I'll also make a try with 3.1 later but I don'y think I'll be
> lucky.
> >> > > > I
> >> > > was
> >> > > > trying to trick Samsung's driver so it is not SANE related too.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The syptoms I have are the same after all this tries: when I plug
> in
> >> > > > my
> >> > > MFP
> >> > > > I see dmesg info message, can see udevd output, even have my
> printer
> >> > > > working smoothly, but scanner is dead.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 2011/11/10 ABC <abc at telekom.ru>
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Hello Ilya,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Try to add USB ids of your device to your xerox.conf
> >> > > > > and try scanimage -L
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > -abc
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:44:54PM +0300, Илья Тумайкин wrote:
> >> > > > > > Hello everyone.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > I am a long time Linux user and Samsung SCX-4100 owner. In
> >> > > > > > ancient
> >> > > times
> >> > > > > > SANE didn't have support for my model or, for exmaple,
> SCX-4200,
> >> > > > > > so I
> >> > > > > used
> >> > > > > > Samsung's binary driver. Now it is incompatible with modern
> 3.x
> >> > > kernels
> >> > > > > and
> >> > > > > > I think it's a turning point for me to drop it in favor of
> >> > > > > > opensource
> >> > > > > one.
> >> > > > > > Since SCX-4200 and SCX-4600 are supported by xerox_mfp
> backend I
> >> > > hope it
> >> > > > > > will be easier to add support for my scanner too. I send my
> call
> >> > > > > > to
> >> > > devs
> >> > > > > to
> >> > > > > > help me achieve this mission. I have on my side Linux-powered
> >> > > machine,
> >> > > > > > Samsung SCX-4100, good knowledge of C and willing to make my
> old
> >> > > flatbed
> >> > > > > > working. Please guide me through. Where should I start?
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Best regards.
> >> > > > > > Ilya Tumaykin.
> >> > > > >
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> >>
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Best regards.
Ilya Tumaykin.
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