<div style = "font-size:16px; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div class="smallfont"> <strong>Conflicting Info, need help soon</strong> </div> <hr size="1" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /> <div class="vbclean_msgtext" id="post_message_10835054">Iget mixed info on this scanner from several sources, including SANE. Ihave a chance to buy one affordably, so I need to understand clearly ifit works. I already have 2 scanners (Visioneer 6100 and Canoscan 4100f)that don't work and I'm getting frustrated. See between the ===='s forthe information at odds with each other. Essentially one says "Good", one says "No Way", one says "Maybe".<br /><br />Can you please help?<br /><br />=======================================<br />On <a href="http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-MICROTEK" target="_blank">http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-MICROTEK</a> I see :<br /><br />Model - ScanMaker 4800 <br />Interface - USB <br />USB ID - 0x05da/0x30cf <br />Status - Good <br />Comments - Same hardware as SM3840, different color box <br />Back End - sm3840 (1.1) <br />Front End - sane-sm3840<br /><br />===============================<br />On <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScannersMicrotek" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...annersMicrotek</a> I see :<br /><br />Make: Microtek<br />Model: ScanMaker 4800<br />Driver : ?<br />Supported : No<br />Works: No<br />Ubuntu Version: 10.04<br />USB & scanner. Not identified by Ubuntu and the SANE website lists as unsupported<br />2010-Jul-30<br />==================================<br />On <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=783741" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=783741</a> I see :<br /><br />"Found out that the 4800 driver from Sane is bad. Reverting to the 1.0.15 driver fixed the problem."<br /><br />=========================================<br /><br />Which is correct? Or is everyone partially correct, and it does work,but only after magic incantations are said and a penguin is sacrificedon top of the keyboard?<br /><br />Thanks !!!</div> </div><span></span></div>