[G4] SCSI Help, please

[Rick Smykla]

On Dec 18, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Ernest Vincent Pons-Worley wrote:
> I was able to use this scanner in the past on the G3 running Ubuntu  
> Linux; therefore, I know that SANE  (or was it XSANE?) and gimp  
> work with it.  Unfortunately I can't get Fink Commander to install  
> either the SANE front or backend or gimp on the G4.  The install  
> aborts complaining about wrong dependencies (or something like that).

Ernest,

Very much a kludge, but see my quoted email below for a solution that  
allowed me to use an older UMAX scanner with the SANE software. Maybe  
there's some info here that will help you with your SCSI scanner . . .

HTH,

Rick

> 	From: 	  rsmykla
> 	Subject: 	[Umax1220u-sane-devel] UMAX 1600U working (somewhat)
> 	Date: 	September 24, 2004 4:28:36 PM EDT
> 	To: 	  umax1220u-sane-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>
> Just thought I'd drop a note to share my success with using the  
> currently available drivers (available from <http://www.ellert.se/ 
> twain-sane/> with the UMAX 1600U and OS X 10.3.5. This may not be  
> news here, but I thought I'd post anyway, in case someone has  
> struggled with this scanner before, and more-or-less given up, as I  
> had previously.
> Good news is that my UMAX 1600U scanner is working with the  
> frontend, even though it is identified by the frontend as a model  
> 2000U, and by scanimage as a 1220U!
>
> TWAIN SANE Interface v0.8
>
> SANE backends 1.0.14-cvs 2004-06-20
>
> libusb 0.1.8 (patched)
>
> gettext 0.11.5
>
> Resolution is (apparently) currently limited to 150 DPI, but I'm  
> able to get good scans using the TWAIN SANE Interface through both  
> Photoshop and GraphicConverter, as well as using the frontend  
> application available here: <http://www.motoriweb.com/sanefrontend/ 
> > Download the beta version SANE scanner frontend 1.2b
>
> The  1600U is working with the frontend, even though it is  
> identified by the frontend as a model 2000U, and by scanimage as a  
> 1220U.
>
> First time I've been able to do X-native scanning with this setup.  
> If you've got one of these collecting dust, or were using Classic  
> to do your scans, this is a workable alternative. FYI.
>