scanner page <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html> that the Minolta Scan Dual II use an Avision chipset and that the Avision backend may be one path to follow. If that helps... BTW, I'm interested in purchasing one in a few month, and running it on Linux PowerPC (hence no VueScan) would be great [*]. Hub [*] I mean that if I get one of these, I'll be able to help