[sane-devel] Trying to get a IrisCard mini business card working

[Cal Lidderdale]

On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:53 AM, chuck <chucka at blackforest-co.com 
<mailto:chucka at blackforest-co.com>> wrote:

> OK, in the Manuf. list Iris is listed (unsuport) and Portable 
> Peripheral which uses Plustek.  I can't remember where I found PP but 
> it popped out somewhere and it looked like PP was the manuf. and Iris 
> is the label but now I can't re-find (@#$!@#).  OK, just did
>
> lsusb: Bus 005 Device 013: ID 0a53:300a Portable Peripheral Co., Ltd
> sane-find: found USB scanner (vendor=0x0a53 [I.R.I.S], product=0x300a 
> [IBCR III]) at libusb:005:013
>
> So, adding
>
>     usb 0x0a53 0x300a
>     vendor "Iris"
>     model "IBCR III"
>
> to iris.conf does nothing - but (ta-da) adding it to gt68.conf (and 
> uncommenting in dll)
> SI -L gives:
> device `gt68xx:libusb:005:013' is a Iris 0>-� flatbed scanner
>
> scanimage > card1.img
> gt68xx] WARNING: You have manually added the ids of your scanner
> [gt68xx]          to gt68xx.conf. Please use an appropriate override
> [gt68xx]          for your scanner. (and another 50 lines...)
>
> So I guess now I need some more hand holding.  I don't know if I'm 
> going down the right path or out in left field.
>
> I can probability modify the driver (well hope).  I started 
> programming on a DEC-PDP7 in assembly lang. [lac, dac, isz...], speak 
> C, PHP etc.  So if you can tell me where to go.... (politely)  ;-)
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
> On 06/24/2014 10:07 PM, m. allan noah wrote:
>> So, you have a conf file. Now all you need is a driver to read it it,
>> and send the right commands to the scanner :)
>>
>> Unfortunately, that scanner is not listed on our supported hardware
>> page, and is unlikely to work.
>>
>> allan
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Cal Lidderdale
>> <chucka at blackforest-co.com>  wrote:
>>> On 06/23/2014 04:19 PM, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>> scanimage loads the sane library, and queries it for attached
>>>> scanners. This generally involves each enabled backend being queried
>>>> in turn. Backends are enabled by listing them in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
>>>> (though this might be installed elsewhere on your system).
>>>>
>>>> When asking for help, it is generally a good idea to include the
>>>> sane-backends (libsane) version you are using, and list the scanner
>>>> model as well.
>>>>
>>>> allan
>>> Thanks for the reply.  FC-19, 64/libsane.so.1(.0.24),  IrisScan Mini
>>> [HCRSPIBCRA8G2]
>>> sane-find=found USB scanner (vendor=0x0a53 [I.R.I.S], product=0x300a [IBCR
>>> III]) at libusb:005:012
>>> so "find" is able to connect and reach into the scanner.
>>>
>>> I created an iris.conf file:
>>> usb 0x0a53 0x300a
>>> model "I.R.I.S"
>>>
>>> scanimage -L says No scanners were identified.   So I'm trying to figure out
>>> / find out how find works and scan doesn't - without becoming a Jedi
>>> Master...
>>>
>>> Baring getting this scanner working, I need a business card scanner -
>>> without spending a lot of money.  In looking at the "supported" table there
>>> are no BC scanners - 4'x8' beds, lots but they don't fit on my desk.
>>>
>>> Again Thanks
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM, chuck<chucka at blackforest-co.com>   wrote:
>>>>> How does scanimage (-L) detect the scanner?  lsusb finds my scanner
>>>>> sane-find finds it, but scanimage draws a blank.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
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