How to test an unsupported scanner (CanoScan LiDe 90)?

[Warren Block]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:

> I have purchased a scanner yet unsupported by sane
> (CanoScan LiDe 90). It is at least detected by
>
>  # sane-find-scanner -q
>  found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1900
>  [CanoScan], chip=GL842) at libusb:/dev/usb1:/dev/ugen0
>
> - No /dev/uscanner0 is produced.
> -  # scanimage -L
>  says no scanners were identified.

uscanner is unnecessary.  You can use the ugen0 device.

> I would like to test if it might work with sane-genesys
> backend.
> How can I do this?

Add the USB IDs to /usr/local/etc/sane.d/genesys.conf:

    # CanoScan LiDE 90 (untested)
    usb 0x04a9 0x1900

> I am running FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE amd64 .

Haven't tried 64-bit, and the sane-genesys man page has warnings about 
pulling the plug on the scanner if the scanning head hits the stops. 
If you were using 32-bit, there's a slim chance of getting the Windows 
scanning software to work under Wine.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA