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<h1>This is more than I can bear... (Epson GT 300)</h1>
<b>Mentore #cat# Siesto</b> (<a href="mailto:s135989@studenti.ing.unipi.it"><i>s135989@studenti.ing.unipi.it</i></a>)<br>
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I really hate to give up in trying to make something work, but it seems<br>
I 'll be ought to buy a new scanner...<br>
  Even with the new (and good, IMHO) Epson backend written by Christian<br>
Bucher,  scanimage prints  out the  same  errors I  saw in the  earlier<br>
releases:  the  scanner is  not  recognised.   Scanimage -L  says  that<br>
"/dev/scanner is an Epson (null) flatbed scanner", before I touched the<br>
epson.conf file (the GT 300 is a parallel port scanner).<br>
  My attempts  to work under WinOS/2 failed,  due to a conflict between<br>
the SCSI adapter (Adaptec 2940UW); this makes me think the scanner uses<br>
a proprietary internal parallel to SCSI adapter, but I can't figure out<br>
what kind  of protocol or circuitry this uses,  even removing the cover<br>
and examining the inside.<br>
  Oh: sane  doesn't work  also on OS/2,  but this is normal because the<br>
backend there included is from the official distribution<br>
  In january or so I'll buy (probably) an UMAX SCSI scanner, to satisfy<br>
my needs,  or more  probably an  HP ScanJet  ('cause I  have a scanning<br>
program for OS/2 specific for these scanners),  but this  doesn't  mean<br>
that I'll really give  up working on the pretty GT-300: I'll move it to<br>
an older P200 MMX machine without SCSI card and continue experimenting,<br>
maybe sniffing directly the parallel port.<br>
  BTW: thanks for your help, Christian: it has really been appreciated.<br>
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BTW 2: can anybody tell me how SANE works with HP ScanJet scanners?<br>
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Mentore Siesto<br>
Team OS/2 Italy<br>
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