[sane-devel] epson perfection 660

Jaeger, Gerhard gerhard at gjaeger.de
Thu Jan 9 19:38:50 GMT 2003


Hi,

this doesn't look too good, I think that the 660 does
not contain a LM983x chipset. Ain't it possible that
you open the scanner?
Or does anybody else know what chipset it uses?

Cheers
   Gerhard

On Monday, 6. January 2003 22:29, you wrote:
> On Debian testing I did :
> #insmod scanner vendor=0x4b8 product=0x114
>
> #sane-find-scanner
> found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04b8, product = 0x0114)
> at device /dev/usbscanner
>
> #./checkm
> Checking /dev/usbscanner for MERLIN chipset...
> sanei_usb_read_bulk: read failed: Input/output error
> UIO error
>
> #scanimage -d plustek:/dev/usbscanner -h return
> segmentation fault !!
>
> I'll try with the latest release (Debian unstable
> package)
>
>
> --- "Jaeger, Gerhard" <gerhard at gjaeger.de> a écrit : >
> On Sunday, 5. January 2003 13:58, Karl Heinz Kremer
>
> > wrote:
> > > It may work with the Plustek backend.
> >
> > Or may not! I suggest to check for the chip inside!
> > There's a LM983x check on the download site for the
> > Plustek backend, called "merlin testprogram":
>
> http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/test/checkmerlin.tar.gz
>
> > You should have loaded the scanner kernel module...
> > Gerhard
> >
> > > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:31:54PM +0100, tcp-isim
> >
> > tcp-isim wrote:
> > > > Is is possible to use the EPSON PERFECTION 660
> >
> > under
> >
> > > > linux? I didn't see an article witch explains
> >
> > it's
> >
> > > > possible to use it.
> > > > Who hnows how to use the EPSON PERFECTION 660
> >
> > with
> >
> > > > SANE ?
> > > > David
>



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