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Started by eilygre, 2010.10.19, 16:44:36

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eilygre

Hi.
I have to buy a new scanner, but I don't know how to find out if I can use it under OS2. The salesman never know. Can anyone help?
I have looked upon Canon CanoScan 9000F,USB and Canon Canoscan 5600F. Does anyone know if I can use one of these?

Einar Lygre

IBManners

Hi Einar,

Apart from possible reply's from people that have tried the more recent scanners, your best bet would probably be to have a look for a second hand scanner on eBay or your local computer market/swap, as well as to checkout Paul Smedleys SANE page at his website for some ideas of what is known to maybe work.

http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php?page=sane-for-os-2

Cheers
I am the computer, it is me.

Pete

Hi Einar

There is a list of scanners here http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html with indication of whether the scanner is supported by sane or not.

There is also a page with some information on how to get your scanner supported here http://www.sane-project.org/contrib.html
How are your c programming skills?  :-)

Regards

Pete

cyber

I can confirm that canoscan LIDE series (all are USB) work great with OS/2 / eCS, installation is very simple and fast. I was have device that isn't on supported list but was work with settings for lower models.

DougB

QuoteI can confirm that canoscan LIDE series (all are USB) work great with OS/2 / eCS,

And I can confirm that the LIDE60 does not use the same scanner engine as others in the LIDE series, and it doesn't work with eCS/OS2. Never assume that something works, until somebody can confirm it, for the specific piece of hardware. Even then, there are no guarantees, because a few manufacturers have been known to change chips, but not the device name.

jep


CanoScan LiDE 25 work great up to 800DPI with Tame/2 though it's not listed to be supported.
Paul built a version of Sane that include it in the list.

//Jan-Erik

Andi710

Quote from: DougB on 2010.10.28, 07:22:28
QuoteI can confirm that canoscan LIDE series (all are USB) work great with OS/2 / eCS,
And I can confirm that the LIDE60 does not use the same scanner engine as others in the LIDE series, and it doesn't work with eCS/OS2. Never assume that something works, until somebody can confirm it, for the specific piece of hardware. Even then, there are no guarantees, because a few manufacturers have been known to change chips, but not the device name.

Must be a case of chaning hardware internals without chaning the product name then. I have a LiDE 60 running with SANE on my eCS 1.2R box for years now. Wors absolutely fine - only PDF creation of multiple pages is not as convenient as under winXP.