Hi, Steve I am not sure at the success you would have finding a module for a parallel scanner. I do know the USB scanners work under Linux. Using a 2.2.18 Kernel. However, you have to take into concidderation I am using a new machine with onboard USB support, and don't have to full with putting a seperate board in my machine. All I did was compile the 2.2.18 Kernel with USB support, USB file system, and USB scanner support and Linux found my scanner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holmes, Steve" <SAHolmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: RE: USB scanners and linux > My 486 obviously, doesn't have USB, but I wasn't aware scanners could be > used with Linux. I have an HP5200 (I think) and am considering hooking it > up to the parallel port if there are some decent OCR products I could use; > sounds like an interesting idea. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas D. Ward [mailto:tward at bright.net] > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:34 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: USB scanners and linux > > > Basically, with the scanners you just compile a 2.2.18 Kernel for your Linux > distro, and while making the config file select USB support, and answer yes > to the USB scanner support. > Most scanners will work with the generic driver. Read the documentation that > comes with the 2.218 Kernel to get a complete list of scanners supported. > As far as I can tell Red Hat seams to find my Umax Astra just fine, but I > haven't tested it with some scanner packages yet. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Shang" <gshang10 at scu.edu.au> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Cc: <blinux-newbie at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:53 PM > Subject: USB scanners and linux > > > > Hi all: > > > > For complex financial reasons, we need to buy something now and we > > thought it should be a scanner. We would like to go USB since SCSI is > > expensive and parallel is sooo slow. Anyway, I need to know if there are > > any issues with using USB scanners under 2.2.18. Are there drivers for > > each scanner or is there like some kind of standard interface? Also, I > > have a PC without onboard USB support. I believe that I can get a card > > for USB without too much expense to the management. But does this create > > problems for the USB support under linux? > > > > Any comments would be helpful. This is a matter of some urgency. > > > > Geoff. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
