[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 3170 on 64 bit

[m. allan noah]

I guess I qualify as an old hand :) What I usually do is write RGB in
the upper left corner of a sheet of paper, each letter in the correct
color. Then I take a low resolution scan of that corner in each color
mode that the windows driver supports. Log that with this tool:

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

and make sure to clear the log after each scan.

Then cat each of your logs thru the attached script, like so:

cat usbsoop-color.log | perl spike4.pl > usbsnoop-color.out

Then we take a look at those cleaned files, and see if we can make
heads or tails of it. The epjitsu backend from sane might be of some
use...

allan

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Kirk Reiser <kirk at braille.uwo.ca> wrote:
> So, what are the chances of a few folks using the usb capture software
> and getting the command set for the 3170 scanner and then writing a
> backend?  I don't have any windows boxes but would gladly help sift
> the captured data and writing the driver.  I suppose another
> alternative might be to disassemble the current driver and work from
> that but I don't have much experience doing that.  I do have the 3170
> scanner so am willing to help anyway possible.
>
> Maybe one of the old-hands around here could recommend a set of
> operations to put the scanner through to capture most or all of the
> needed command sequences.
>
>  Kirk
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, Ingo M?ller wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone!
>>
>> I just got a response from Epson. The Perfection 3170 driver for Linux
>> is not maintained anymore. There is no 64bit version, neither are their
>> plans for one. The suggested solution is to set up a 32bit environment
>> inside the 64bit system and use the 32bit drivers. What a shame...
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>>
>> Le 23.03.2010 22:50, Ingo M?ller a ?crit :
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot Alash! I did as you said and post the updates here if I get
>>> any response :-)
>>>
>>> Le 23.03.2010 01:01, Alesh Slovak a ?crit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ingo,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a developer working on Image Scan! for Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Ingo M?ller wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> I just realized that I've just spent 3 hours on trying to install my
>>>>> Epson Perfection 3170, without success. Maybe you guys can help me...
>>>>
>>>> The Epson Perfection 3170 requires a proprietary plugin. This is only
>>>> provided in binary form and only available for the i386 architecture. At
>>>> the moment there are no plans to provide a 64-bit binary, but if enough
>>>> people knock on Epson's doorstep, they usually listen. The best way to
>>>> let them know is to fill out the support form here:
>>>> https://avasys.jp/eng/contact/inquiry/inq_form4_en.php
>>>>
>>>> Happy scanning,
>>>
>>>
>>>
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