[sane-devel] Canon CanoScan LiDE 70 chips?

[Waitman Gobble]

I have a CanoScan LiDE 70 that i'd like to use on my linux machine.... 
if i can help let me know.

I have submitted the sane log files - hmmm maybe 8 months ago???

thank you!

Waitman



Endolith wrote:
> On 7/8/07, Gerald Murray <gmurray at cloudnet.com> wrote:
>   
>> There certainly are times when it is beneficial to know the
>> chipset.  That is limited to chips that have documentation
>> available, (which is less than all scaner chips).
>>     
>
> Alright.  I will take a good look at it and see if there's a way to
> get at the chip seamlessly.  Otherwise I'm not going to risk it.  I
> will just reassemble it and get a refund.
>
>   
>> There is another method of ... monitoring
>> the usb bus for each different setting.
>>
>> There is no way to tell when in the future a driver can be made
>> available.  Someone needs to step up and begin a long, difficult
>> endeavor.
>>
>> As far as I know, no one has yet committed to developing for the
>> LiDE 70.
>>     
>
> And Canon absolutely refuses to provide help with this?  That alone is
> a good reason to take it back.  :-/
>
> Does anyone know of another bus-powered scanner like this that is
> well-supported?  Which manufacturers are most cooperative?
>
> Powered through USB 2.0 port, no AC adapter required.									
> Optical: 2400 x 4800 dpi
> Color: 48-bit internal/48-bit external (selectable in driver)
>
> It'll take a while to look through all the supported models' specs by hand...
>
>