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<title>sane-devel: Re: Memorex / Laptop parallel ports</title>
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<h1>Re: Memorex / Laptop parallel ports</h1>
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<b>marvin stodolsky</b> (<a href="mailto:stodolsk@erols.com"><i>stodolsk@erols.com</i></a>)<br>
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<i>Tue, 05 Jan 1999 12:24:51 -0500</i>
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<li> <b>Next message:</b> <a href="0091.html">Andreas Dilger: "Re: Scanner Purchase Advice short list"</a>
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<li> <b>Previous message:</b> <a href="0089.html">tjk@tksoft.com: "Memorex / Laptop parallel ports"</a>
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My Dell Inspiron laptop has 3 different parallel port<br>
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options which can be chosen among in the Setup BIOS. A just<br>
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bought Digital Research Tech DRSCAN30EPP runs under Win95/98<br>
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with the EPP choice of the parallel port. <br>
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Experiments under Linux have not yet begun.<br>
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MarvS<br>
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<i>>"tjk@tksoft.com" wrote:</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Dear list members,</i><br>
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<i>> I am begging for your indulgence with a few questions.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Question A: Does anyone have a Memorex scanner?</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Question B: Does anyone know about the requirements</i><br>
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<i>> for using a parellel port scanner on a laptop?</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> I got the scanner, and installed SANE 1.0, in the hopes</i><br>
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<i>> I would be able to figure out a way to connect the scanner</i><br>
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<i>> to my laptop.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> If I understand correctly, I should see the scanner</i><br>
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<i>> listed if it is supported by entering "scanimage -L."</i><br>
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<i>> I had no luck there. Only the two virtual devices</i><br>
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<i>> showed up.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> I am not confident with the cabling either, as</i><br>
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<i>> I am using a Toshiba laptop which only has</i><br>
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<i>> one parallel port for a printer, with a female</i><br>
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<i>> connector. I have the two connected to each other with</i><br>
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<i>> an RS-232C serial cable. It would seem to me that</i><br>
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<i>> this setup is not going to work, but since I don't</i><br>
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<i>> know what other setup would, I tried it anyway.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> I also tried the serial port, using a DB9/DB25</i><br>
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<i>> cable for serial printers. No luck there either.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> If anyone knows what type of cable would work, if</i><br>
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<i>> any will at all, I would greatly appreciate hearing from</i><br>
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<i>> you.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> P.S. If no backend exists for Memorex, how does the process work</i><br>
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<i>> foradding a new backend. I looked at microtec and umax backend</i><br>
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<i>> code, and they seemed rather voluminous. There were</i><br>
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<i>> some common threads, but I didn't look further</i><br>
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<i>> as scanners are a new beast for me, and I figured I</i><br>
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<i>> would be better off asking first. This is not an offer</i><br>
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<i>> to write a driver. I am just curious. Who knows if I decide</i><br>
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<i>> to write one in the future, once I am familiar with</i><br>
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<i>> what we are dealing with here.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Thanks a million,</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Troy</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Troy Korjuslommi Tksoft OY, Inc.</i><br>
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<i>> <a href="mailto:tjk@tksoft.com">tjk@tksoft.com</a> Software Development</i><br>
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<i>> Open Source Solutions</i><br>
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<i>> Hosting Services</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> --</i><br>
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<i>> Source code, list archive, and docs: <a href="http://www.mostang.com/sane/">http://www.mostang.com/sane/</a></i><br>
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