From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 11 5:32:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01EA137B41D for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:32:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([62.252.176.116]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020111133241.QNOF8780.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@localhost> for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:32:41 +0000 Received: from ac by localhost with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16P1i3-0000Bq-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:27:03 +0000 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:27:03 +0000 From: Anthony Campbell To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP ScanJet 4400 & scanning with FreeBSD-4.4-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020111132702.GA720@debian.local> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10 Jan 2002, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a HP ScanJet 4400 and I'm running FBSD 4.4. The ScanJet is able > to connect by parallel port and USB. Now I would like to scan under > FreeBSD. > > The only software I found was SANE, and hpscan in the ports tree. But > SANE only works with SCSI and hpscan is unfortunately been removed > from the ports tree. > > Is it possible to use a scanner with FreeBSD at all, and (if yes) > witch software do I need? > > Thanks in advance, > > Marco > > > -- xsane certainly works with at least some usb scanners (I use it for my Epson 1650 Perfection on Linux). I'm a Freebsd newbie and have no idea if it is available as a port, but it is available as source and also as a UNIX binary at http://www.xsane.org, so presumably that would work on Freebsd. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message