Backend driver for Canon CanoScan 4200f

Hi All,

Being somewhat new to Linux and very new to user/developer
groups,
I have a number of questions:

 From the SANE Supported devices and a short scan of the
Archive
library, it seems apparent that the Canon CanoScan 4200f is
NOT
supported, also that Canon is not likely to provide the
interface info.
(I've sent them several emails and mostly received a
run-around, or
email addresses for non-responding managers.

Is anyone currently working on a Sane backend driver for the
CanoScan 4200f?

If not, I'm willing to try (I have sufficient programming
experience) 
but have
no experience in developing drivers for Linux, so I will
need some guidance
in order to comply with the SANE group's
guidelines/principles/rules.

Concerning retrieving/storing source from/to CVS, I have no
experience, so
again there is a need for help.  Is there a document
providing the necessary
steps?

I have a dual boot with Windows 2000 Pro and SuSE 9.3, the
scanner is
(of course) a CanoScan 4200f.

Is there a tool for searching the Archives for info about
scanner chips, 
etc.?

Thanks for any help/info/guidance.

Dave Yoder


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Hi,

On 2006-04-19 12:17, David S. Yoder wrote:
> If not, I'm willing to try (I have sufficient
programming experience) 
> but have
> no experience in developing drivers for Linux, so I
will need some guidance
> in order to comply with the SANE group's
guidelines/principles/rules.

http://www.s
ane-project.org/contrib.html

> Concerning retrieving/storing source from/to CVS, I
have no experience, so
> again there is a need for help.  Is there a document
providing the necessary
> steps?

http://www.sane-
project.org/cvs.html

> I have a dual boot with Windows 2000 Pro and SuSE 9.3,
the scanner is
> (of course) a CanoScan 4200f.
> 
> Is there a tool for searching the Archives for info
about scanner chips, 
> etc.?

The sane-devel mailing list has a search engine. However,
ususally I
put all information about a scanner on the scanner's web
page. But I
may have missed something.

Bye,
  Henning

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The problem is (probably) not so much the programming, but
knowing the machine codes. Unless someone does a good job of
bus traffic sniffing, it is not possible to do much.

Regards,

Ulrich Deiters

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