From 8e7172bc6fbb4b2dd1c7ebe44cc362c63cf08337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Zago Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:28:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added info about USB scanners. --- README.windows | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.windows b/README.windows index 76a1f5299..a3e5eed30 100644 --- a/README.windows +++ b/README.windows @@ -31,15 +31,19 @@ xscanimage and XSane also work. xscanimage compiles and runs out of the box. XSane 0.92 needs a couple build fixes. -Limitations -=========== +Notes +===== -The current annoying limitations are: - - Only SCSI scanners will work. No USB/FireWire/Parallel. - - Tested on Windows 2000 only. Should work on Windows NT/XP too; - may or may not work on Windows 95/98/ME. +- Only SCSI and USB (with libusb-win32) scanners may work. No + FireWire/Parallel. The Cygwin libusb port is at + http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32. -Note: there is a Cygwin libusb port (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32) so USB scanners might work too. +- Tested on Windows 2000 only. Should work on Windows NT/XP too; + may or may not work on Windows 95/98/ME. -2003/10/23 +- Some scanners' backend may not work because of requirement not + supported by Cygwin. + + +2004/02/07 Frank Zago.