5 Nov
2004
5 Nov
'04
6:50 a.m.
I just acquired an old (on-topic)(I think) HP 9195A
flatbed scanner... because it has an ADF (Automatic Document
Feed). Likely it's only 300dpi monochrome, but I want it only
for mass-scanning of (on-topic) crufty docs. (I have a nice,
newish flatbed 2**20 color, 2petapixel/inch scanner I paid
nearly $20 for, 15 minutes ago, but it requires a hairy meat
arm to feed it sheets.)
I found & downloaded the sj121en1.exe driver, which is the
most-recent version, for Win95. I don't have a Win95 machine
(I actually own zero win/dos computers) but bought a loaded
Dell P120 for such things.
My questions are all obvious:
* has anyone used this scanner on linux? (parallel interface, mind you)
* does it work under wine, vmware, dosemu?
* Will it work under WinXP? Win98? DOS?
I do have legit Win95 CDRs to install, as a desparate last
resort. Don't make me install it please!
5 Nov
5 Nov
7 a.m.
On Friday 05 November 2004 15:50, Tom Jennings wrote:
I just acquired an old (on-topic)(I think) HP 9195A
flatbed scanner... because it has an ADF (Automatic Document
Feed). Likely it's only 300dpi monochrome, but I want it only
for mass-scanning of (on-topic) crufty docs. (I have a nice,
newish flatbed 2**20 color, 2petapixel/inch scanner I paid
nearly $20 for, 15 minutes ago, but it requires a hairy meat
arm to feed it sheets.)
I found & downloaded the sj121en1.exe driver, which is the
most-recent version, for Win95. I don't have a Win95 machine
(I actually own zero win/dos computers) but bought a loaded
Dell P120 for such things.
My questions are all obvious:
* has anyone used this scanner on linux? (parallel interface, mind
you) * does it work under wine, vmware, dosemu?
* Will it work under WinXP? Win98? DOS?
I've used other HP scanners on Linux, but they were all SCSI interface
ones. Check out SANE at http://www.sane-project.org/. They've got a
list of supported scanners. As well, you'll need to know what the
"real" name, not HP model #, of your scanner is (eg. ScanJet 4c) in
order to find it on the list.
Pat
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7:17 a.m.
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
I've used other HP scanners on Linux, but they
were all SCSI interface
ones. Check out SANE at http://www.sane-project.org/. They've got a
list of supported scanners. As well, you'll need to know what the
"real" name, not HP model #, of your scanner is (eg. ScanJet 4c) in
order to find it on the list.
What a dummy I am. I know about the SANE project, and use it. For
some reason I had lodged in my brain I wouldn't find parport
devices in ther ebut of couse SANE doesn't care about that.
I'll have to wait until I get home to find the model name unless
I can google it.
7:04 a.m.
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Tom Jennings wrote:
* has anyone used this scanner on linux? (parallel
interface, mind you)
* does it work under wine, vmware, dosemu?
* Will it work under WinXP? Win98? DOS?
I do have legit Win95 CDRs to install, as a desparate last
resort. Don't make me install it please!
These questions are probably answered
a lot faster on the various
newsgroups and support platforms for those systems... :)
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