[sane-devel] Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB 1200 PRO

[m. allan noah]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, scar <scar at drigon.com> wrote:
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> m. allan noah @ 01/03/2010 03:03 PM:
>> There is clearly a need for an inexpensive A3 sized scanner which
>> works with sane. It seems that so far, no one with the development
>> skills has stepped up to do the needed reverse engineering and
>> programming. I suppose a group of users could get together a bounty to
>> spur development. The only problem is that cheap scanners often have
>> very expensive drivers :(
>
> since i require an inexpensive A3 scanner, i plan on purchasing one of
> these soon, i have not found any other options.  Mustek appears to have
> a linux driver on their Taiwanese website, although i read reports here
> of it not working.  if all else fails i will attempt to install Windows
> XP in a virtual machine and use the scanner through there, which was
> also a possible solution i read on this list.
>
> naturally i would want to help develop a working sane driver.  i do not
> program but i have a degree in computer engineering so my background
> should be adequate enough to provide some help, given there is someone
> to provide me with suitable advice on how precisely to help.

Sure- If you get one of these, we would need you to get a trace of the
windows driver making a small black and white scan, using this tool:

http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/

That should give us enough info to at least tell if the protocol is
similar to other scanners.

allan

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