Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:32:42 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhs@flat.berklix.net Cc: netchild@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb/99099: [uscanner] [patch] add support for HP ScanJet 4400c Message-ID: <20060701.213242.-1540391480.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200607012318.k61NI5G1053721@fire.jhs.private> References: <imp@bsdimp.com> <200607012318.k61NI5G1053721@fire.jhs.private>
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"Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" wrote Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:37:41 -0600 (MDT) (22:37 CEST)
: > In message: <20060618222342.2c9f4313@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
: > Alexander Leidinger <netchild@freebsd.org> writes:
: > : Quoting "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> (Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:53:22 +0200):
: > :
: > : > Do you know who'se working on this 'cos I'm trying to get
: > : > Sane & ports/graphics/sane-backend working here with my HP 4400c scanner,
: > : > & if someone else has achieved that already ? ...
: > :
: > : I don't know. And after looking at the supported devices page of SANE
: > : I'm not sure if it possible at all ATM without doing it on your own.
: >
: > I think the 4400 is in the same boat as the 4215 I have. Gotta get
: > HP's drivers working, and that's a bit pita...
: >
: > Warner
:
: [Apologies for delay]
: Dont know if this might help your 4215, but seems there's progress
: on my 4400,
It turns out that the 4215 actually mostly works. I have to restart
hpiod and hpssd by hand after I plug it in, but then it basically
works. There's some edge cases that don't work so well (scanning
legal sized documents requires I enter 2 for the number of pages to
scan, and then feed them through one document at a time... But other
than that, this is a fast little box.
Don't know if the Scanjet 4400 is supported by hplip or not (looks
like not), but since I posted the message you are replying to, I got
it working (on amd64 no less) and have scanned about 2000 pages of old
paperwork that I'm tossing out (via the shred-o-matic, even though
most of the data in it is too old to be useful to anybody).
: I made notes & will download & try later:
: --------
: Web search:
: >From http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/Products/4400c/
: The HP ScanJet 4400C has a flatbed design. It has a optical resolution
: of 1200x1200 dpi. It can scan a color document in about 40 seconds
: and a B&W document in about 35 seconds. It supports both parallel
: and usb connection. This scanner is PC/Mac compatible. It also
: includes 5 configurable buttons.
: Release Date: Q4 2001
: http://www.itweek.co.uk/computeractive/hardware/2012918/hp-scanjet-4400c
: Review: $90
: http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html
: ScanJet 4400C, 4470C These scanners uses a RealTek
: RTS8891 chip to drive the scanner. Requests for information
: on this chip to RealTek have gone unanswered. There is some
: very preliminary software for these based on reverse
: engineering the Windows driver. More information on this
: can be can be found at SourceForge here.
: http://reapoff.sourceforge.net/hpscanner/Default.htm
: michael.cohen@netspeed.com.au has got it working in grey scale etc
: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=108&cat=all
: I have spoken to HP about this. The scanner uses a parallel
: port but has a USB to parallel converter in it.
: http://projects.troy.rollo.name/rt-scanners/chip.html
: There is a demo SANE backend for the HP ScanJet 4400C and
: 4470C at http://hp44x0backend.sourceforge.net that can do
: greyscale scanning at 300 / 600 DPI.
: http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=hew&model=4400&bus=any
: grayscale 300DPI only
: http://hp44x0backend.sourceforge.net/
: HP4400C UNTESTED ALPHA
: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hp44x0backend/
: hp_rts88xx Scanjet HP4470c family SANE backend (hp_rts88xx).
: http://home.foni.net/~johanneshub/testtool.html
: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/23440
: i have too an hp 4400 c
: seems to be in fact a UMAX one with USB converter inside.:1
>From the sounds of things, it looks like your problems and mine are
very different.
Warner
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