SCSI Flatbed Scanners for Windows 2000
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I find it quite amazing that Umax refuses to support their SCSI scanners under Windows 2k (and higher). In fact, this quite frankly pisses me off. therefore, I was thinking I'd write a driver for the scanner and then make it available to anyone that wants to use it. Has anyone here ever had experience writing a driver for a SCSI device (preferrably a flatbed scanner)? How about just writing drivers of any kind for Windows 2000? "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I find it quite amazing that Umax refuses to support their SCSI scanners under Windows 2k (and higher). In fact, this quite frankly pisses me off. therefore, I was thinking I'd write a driver for the scanner and then make it available to anyone that wants to use it. Has anyone here ever had experience writing a driver for a SCSI device (preferrably a flatbed scanner)? How about just writing drivers of any kind for Windows 2000? "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
This is something that has annoyed me for a while too. My wife does digital photo restoration, and wanted the best scanner for the job. She bought a Umax Powerlook-III. We found out that this model is not recognized by a built-in driver, and because Umax doesn't support it on anything newer than Windows NT. Luckily, we had bought it bundled with the Umax professional-level scanning software, PowerColor. This software interfaces directly with the scanner through an ASPI driver, and works with any version of Windows. The hard part of controlling the scanner is that you'll need the SCSI command set for that model. Each scanner is different, so you can't easily make a universal driver. Usually, you have to sign an NDA to get this kind of information, if they will even release it to you. Let me know if you have any luck :-) -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"
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This is something that has annoyed me for a while too. My wife does digital photo restoration, and wanted the best scanner for the job. She bought a Umax Powerlook-III. We found out that this model is not recognized by a built-in driver, and because Umax doesn't support it on anything newer than Windows NT. Luckily, we had bought it bundled with the Umax professional-level scanning software, PowerColor. This software interfaces directly with the scanner through an ASPI driver, and works with any version of Windows. The hard part of controlling the scanner is that you'll need the SCSI command set for that model. Each scanner is different, so you can't easily make a universal driver. Usually, you have to sign an NDA to get this kind of information, if they will even release it to you. Let me know if you have any luck :-) -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"
I wonder if it's possible to write a program that interogates the device and enumerate the supported API calls... Hmmmm... I'm using an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card (not the one that came with the scanner). "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I find it quite amazing that Umax refuses to support their SCSI scanners under Windows 2k (and higher). In fact, this quite frankly pisses me off. therefore, I was thinking I'd write a driver for the scanner and then make it available to anyone that wants to use it. Has anyone here ever had experience writing a driver for a SCSI device (preferrably a flatbed scanner)? How about just writing drivers of any kind for Windows 2000? "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Diamond have just done the same thing to me. I upgraded both my computers to win 2k only to find that Diamond are only supporting the new stuff under win 2k and I now have a highly unuseful block of plastic and wiring sitting next to my computer. Thanx Diamond. By the way if anyone from Diamond is reading this then you've gained a member of the public who will actively boycott your products. Not that it really matters since if you had upgraded the drivers I wouldn't be looking for a new mp3 player anyway. Anthony
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I find it quite amazing that Umax refuses to support their SCSI scanners under Windows 2k (and higher). In fact, this quite frankly pisses me off. therefore, I was thinking I'd write a driver for the scanner and then make it available to anyone that wants to use it. Has anyone here ever had experience writing a driver for a SCSI device (preferrably a flatbed scanner)? How about just writing drivers of any kind for Windows 2000? "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
I find this amazing also. I have an Astra 1200S and I was able to download a new set of software for it several months ago. I just went to their site and now it is not available. I have it installed and running but now I can't find the original installation file. I'll be hosed if I ever have to reformat. Yep, they have lost another customer. Actually, if I ever get another one I will go with USB since I don't use anything else that is SCSI anymore. That is, if they have W2K or XP drivers.
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This is something that has annoyed me for a while too. My wife does digital photo restoration, and wanted the best scanner for the job. She bought a Umax Powerlook-III. We found out that this model is not recognized by a built-in driver, and because Umax doesn't support it on anything newer than Windows NT. Luckily, we had bought it bundled with the Umax professional-level scanning software, PowerColor. This software interfaces directly with the scanner through an ASPI driver, and works with any version of Windows. The hard part of controlling the scanner is that you'll need the SCSI command set for that model. Each scanner is different, so you can't easily make a universal driver. Usually, you have to sign an NDA to get this kind of information, if they will even release it to you. Let me know if you have any luck :-) -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"
Check this page out Paul: http://www.umax.de/scan\_SDK.htm They have an SDK entry that specifically mentions your scanner. Updates (new links found): www.rauch-domain.de/sane-umax/sane-umax-not-listed-doc.html These guys are the UK headquarters for Umax, and appear to be a little more on the ball. http://support.umax.co.uk/ "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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This is something that has annoyed me for a while too. My wife does digital photo restoration, and wanted the best scanner for the job. She bought a Umax Powerlook-III. We found out that this model is not recognized by a built-in driver, and because Umax doesn't support it on anything newer than Windows NT. Luckily, we had bought it bundled with the Umax professional-level scanning software, PowerColor. This software interfaces directly with the scanner through an ASPI driver, and works with any version of Windows. The hard part of controlling the scanner is that you'll need the SCSI command set for that model. Each scanner is different, so you can't easily make a universal driver. Usually, you have to sign an NDA to get this kind of information, if they will even release it to you. Let me know if you have any luck :-) -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"
Yet more possibly viable links: http://home.iae.nl/users/lobers/Umax/Txt\_1.htm (page is hard to read because he went nuts making text blocks different colors) "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I find this amazing also. I have an Astra 1200S and I was able to download a new set of software for it several months ago. I just went to their site and now it is not available. I have it installed and running but now I can't find the original installation file. I'll be hosed if I ever have to reformat. Yep, they have lost another customer. Actually, if I ever get another one I will go with USB since I don't use anything else that is SCSI anymore. That is, if they have W2K or XP drivers.
You can add Mustek to that fucked up companies. I own a Mustek USB VDC100 Web cam (not a big investment). When it came to W2K driver support for that 1.5 year old device, they anounced on their Web site just "not supported". This really pisses me of, because there are other companies providing a longer after sale support (HP, Logitec) I promise here to never be a mustek customer again (privat or buisiness) for the rest of my lifetime. Sucking customer support I am able to get used to and help myself. But missing driver support for at least the next 2 or 3 OS versions is a must in my opinion. So I will only by from companies with a proven track of driver support in the future. Any other people with the driver blues ? I am a signature virus! Help me spread and copy me to your sig! Ooops I am infected
