parallel port scanner

[Brian Kelsay]

ghldbrd at ccp.com wrote:

> got a freebie -- don't know if I can get it to work or not.
> 
> Acer Prisa 620A scanner, PPort interface.  No s/w (as if I wanted
> Winblows!!).
> 
> Wonder if anybody has tried a non-SCSI scanner with SANE or other program.
> If this doesn't work, I'll just give it to someone with a (pardon my
> grossness) Windows machine.
> 
> Gary Hildebrand
> St. Joseph, MO

I read some stuff on the SANE site a while back and I think that just 
about any scanner on SCSI or USB can be used, its the parallel stuff 
that's been harder.  Some parallel scanners are similar to SCSI ones on 
the inside and those work better or are better supported. I could be 
wrong though.
I think they even have a table of supported hardware.  Look here: 
http://panda.mostang.com/sane/sane-mfgs.html#BENQ  and here
http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html  and here
http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html