Perhaps if a number of people contact these vendors (be nice) they'll add Linux support. If they don't get a driver out by Christmas, I'll have another look then. In the meantime, I've experimented with trying to get it recognized as an Epson scanner (it fails), and have generally poked around the device a bit but haven't gotten any deeper than that. Innovative are the same folks who have Linux support for their USB turntable, by the way, so I find the comment both believable and refreshing. They tell me they are working on a driver and that it could be ready 'in about a month'. So, I called the Innovative folks and spoke with tech support. I just purchased one of them and it gives good results on Windows but I can't travel to my friends house just to use a buggy OS. Nothing yet, but this appears very similar to the Innovative Technology (also, from lsusb, 'Omnivision Technologies' 35 mm film/slide scanner (FilmScan35 I). usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # Not checking for parallel port scanners. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected.

# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.įound USB scanner (vendor=0x05a9, product=0x1550) at libusb:001:004 If you expected something different, make sure that # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. Supplied Photomipression is Version 6.) and there is a 6.5 available: Haven't seen a 'yes' or 'no' anywhere, and have seen an 'almost certain' that it would work with VueScan Scanning Software:īut alas, not detected, nor in GIMP, nor inXszne, or IrfanView in WINE, or SANE.Īs for the Win Drivers and software, they use ArcSoft Photoimpression and WINE says 'no'. VEHO Filmscanner.īus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubĪlso known as 'Vupoint FS-C1-VP', 'VEHO VFS-001', ans some more generic, this one is just called 'Filmscanner'.

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05a9:1550 OmniVision Technologies, Inc.

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