[sane-devel] Reflecta ProScan 7200

[m. allan noah]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Michael Rickmann <mrickma at gwdg.de> wrote:
> I got a Reflecta USB film scanner to digitize my collection of old slides
> and negatives.

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Some random thoughts:

1. SCSI over USB is a fairly common way for makers to upgrade their products.
2. Makers tend not to change protocols unless they absolutely must.
3. Improving and existing backend generally preferred over writing new ones...
4. ... unless the existing code is ugly or broken.

So, I would first attempt to modify the PIE backend to know about USB
scanners. You might be able to copy some of the gl6xx code. I actually
prefer working with SCSI-based machines, they are the easiest.

You will find SANE's support for infrared is quite lacking, however...

allan
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