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Title: Mustek scanner connection (SCSI)

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Mustek scanner connection (SCSI)

Installation of a Mustek scanner

Procedure:

  1. Connect the scanner to your SCSI host adapter. Check the termination at this point absolutely!
  2. Install the programme:
    mscan-0.1.tar.gz
    (Where it is, is later on described)
    Observe the hint in the supplied README file.
  3. To be able to use your scanner under Linux, you must absolutely declare during the kernel compilation GENERIC SCSI (CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG in SCSI support)!
  4. When you have done this, then you have /dev/sg? available. Now you must still create a link from /dev/scanner to /dev/sg?.
    ln -s /dev/scanner /dev/sg2
    This example is for a scanner that is installed as third SCSI device.
    /dev/sg0 is for the first SCSI device, /dev/sc1 for the second one and so on.
  5. Do not forget that this changes when you for example remove the second device!

That is it!

Afterwards you can scan! Two programmes are supplied that you can use. The first one is
mscan
the other one is a X interface (Tcl/Tk):
tkmscan
There are still other scan surfaces, as e.g. xscan and xmscan.
Simply try which one you like best ..:)

You must either provide yourself with the programme mscan-0.1.tar.gz (at present still) from Internet, or address a question to the Mustek mailing list:
Majordomo@edvg.co.at
The following scanners are currently supported:


Hint:

The programme mscan will not be supported anymore in the near future. Instead of that, it is worked in another project which supports all scanners.
If you would like to take a look at that, please:
http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux/sane/

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Keywords: 4.4, SCANNER, DEVICE, SCSI, MUSTEK, MSCAN, TKMSCAN

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