Fw: Re: CanoScan 3200F anyone got it to work in Linux?

[Moshe Brace using Yahoo]

If I get some sort of answer from Canon - I suspect that I will. בלי נדר I will post it for all to see.
Moshe

--- On Wed, 18/3/09, Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: CanoScan 3200F anyone got it to work in Linux?
> To: linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il
> Date: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009, 9:58 PM
> Many thanks Oleg for your reply and
> taking the time to look it up. This Canoscan version was
> sold extensively in Israel because scans in WXP are quite
> fast indeed. I tried to get it installed with Wine, but
> failed. I suppose the only way is to use another emulator
> and install WinXP and then the scanner :(( 
> 
> I am sure that I am. However, I didn't stop at that. In
> their US Contact us page I wrote to them telling them that
> people were turning to other manufacturers for their needs
> and that they were loosing out and if they were not prepared
> to create drivers at least they should support Linux
> enthusiasts. 
> 
> Stay Happy,
> 
> Moshe
> 
> --- On Wed, 18/3/09, Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org>
> > Subject: Re: CanoScan 3200F anyone got it to work in
> Linux?
> > To: "Moshe Brace using Yahoo" <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Cc: "Linux-il" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> > Date: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009, 9:46 PM
> > Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > writes:
> > 
> > > Distro Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Desktop
> > >
> > > CanoScan 3200F (USB connection) anyone got it to
> > work?
> > 
> > Go to http://www.sane-project.org (SANE is the
> scanning
> > infrastructure) and search the device list. Looks like
> it
> > is
> > unsupported (there is some code in experimental CVS,
> > according to
> > 
> > http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=Canon&model=Canoscan+3200F&bus=any&v=&p=
> > 
> > - this is the search result).
> > 
> > Looks like you are out of luck. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org
> > 
> 
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