SANE - scanner problems

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:19:59PM -0400, Jason Shein wrote:
> I forgot how I initially got it to work in the first place.
> 
> http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/#work
> 
> 
> -snip-
> Most USB models need a firmware upload in order to work (see table
> above). The bin file can be found in the windows drivers coming with
> your scanner. For scanners from Acer / Benq the last three digits of the
> firmware file depend on the version of your driver CD. The files listed
> in the table are known to work, other versions will probably work as
> well.
> 
> If you have a scanner from Acer or Benq and are uncertain which firmware
> file to use, run "acerfirm  -q".
> 
> You have to specify the firmware file in snapscan.conf, which can
> usually be found in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/ if you compiled SANE yourself
> or /etc/sane.d if you installed SANE from your distribution. The line
> should start with 'firmware' and contain the fully qualified path to
> your firmware file, e.g. 
>         firmware /path/to/my/firmware.bin
> You can also upload the firmware to your scanner manually. You need to
> launch one of agfafirm or acerfirm perl scripts: 
>         acerfirm /dev/usbscanner u34v101.bin
>         
> Note: acerfirm and agfafirm will only work if you use the scanner module
> to access your USB scanner. It does not work with libusb.
> -snip-
> 
> Thanx for the input everyone. I got it working now.||

Sounds awfully complicated.  Buy Epson scanners in the future and your
life will be so much simpler.  They just work.

Lennart Sorensen
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