Doug McGarrett wrote:
> I am aware from reading the list that a program
> called SANE supports scanners. The Q: does it
> support SCSI and/or parallel port scanners?
Yes, it supports SCSI scanners, and AFAIK, not parallel port scanners.
For real information, however, you should check the list of supported
scanners at:
http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html
> I
> could run either, but the parallels are quite a
> bit cheaper.
yes, and as with most cheap hardware...it's cheap hardware ;)
Seriously, though, most "cheap" hardware manufacturers don't release any
kind of spec for their product (== no drivers), or follow any real
standard. (I may be preaching to the choir, but does it make sense to
develop a new, proprietary protocol for each and EVERY piece of hardware
you manufacture? How does that make production less expensive???)
> Is there a cut-off version of the
> kernel before which scanners won't run?
Scanner access isn't a function of the kernel. If your SCSI card is
supported, then sane should be able to use it.
> I'm
> thinking seriously of going back to Mandrake 5.3,
> whatever kernel that had. It was less of a hassle.
Mandrake uses sane, just like everybody else :) You can even install
their rpms.
MSG
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