[NCLUG] USB Scanner

[Marcio Luis Teixeira]

Back when I was on the sane mailing list (sane at mostang.com) and was working on 
the UMAX1220U driver, I would often give people this advice: If you're 
courageous, open up your scanner and note down the numbers of all the 
microchips you find on the main board. Then, post the info to the SANE 
mailing list and see if anyone recognizes them (or, do a search on the web 
for the chip names).

The reason is that many scanners (especially the cheap ones) are build on some 
OEM "scanner-on-a-chip" that is used by various models and manufacturer. If 
your scanner shares a chip with another supported scanner, chances are you 
can use the driver for that scanner for yours as well.

Good luck,

Marcio Luis Teixeira


On Thursday 26 September 2002 01:13 am, Patrick Riedel wrote:
> I've Googled the web for hours, but can't find a Linux solution to my
> problem.
>
> I have a (cheap) Visioneer 4800 USB scanner.  Works great in Windows,
> I'd like to get it to work in Linux.  I've searched for drivers, but
> found none.
>
> Before I give up on this task, is anyone aware of a driver for this
> device?
>
> TIA,
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
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