[sane-devel] Lexmark X83

Dave Close dave+sane@compata.com
Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:36:29 -0800


Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
>> I have confirmation from Lexmark that the X83 is not based on the same
>> chip as the X73, though they did not tell me on what chip it is based.
>Well, too bad. At least we are sure now.

I have learned that the X83 is, in fact, based internally on an IEEE-1284
parallel interface and some kind of USB converter. Does that provide any
clue or hope that some other SANE backend might be appropriate?
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