[ale] HP and Epson scanners

[Geoffrey]

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

> When using RH 7.3 I had this HP 3C scanner working. But it
> took hours of work to download and properly install both the
> correct SANE front-end and back-end software and then get 
> the OS to properly locate and identify the SCSI scanner.
> I managed to get it going again when I moved up to RH 8.0, but
> I lost everything when a bad memory board crashed so hard it
> totally screwed up the OS, requiring a reformatting of all
> the partitions and reinstall. Then the upgrade to RH 9.0 required
> further sorting out to get working. In the process the
> SANE package was hosed. I have been able to get the SANE front-end
> back on the machine [I think] but I haven't had the time yet to
> download and try to install the appropriate back-end. 
> If I can get a new USB 2.0 card up and recognized by Linux, I
> probably will give up and get a new Epson scanner and toss the
> SCSI card.

Toss the scanner and SCSI card this way?  Seriously, if you decide to 
give them up, give me a price?

I'd love to give that combo a spin on SuSE 8.2 to see if it get's 
properly configured.



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