[Coco] HP C6520 Scanner Driver for Lunix

[Steven Hirsch]

On Sun, 1 May 2011, Richard E. Crisilip wrote:

>>> I know this is OT, BUT, since many of you have been scanning Rainbow and
>>> Hot CoCo I am asking here to see if any of you know how I can get Linux
>>> to see and use the above mentioned SCSI scanner via Linux. I have not
>>> been able to find the magic driver. Sane keeps trying to use my HP1100
>>> laserjet printer 8-/. TIA

> THankyou for the suggestion. I tried it, but no joy. What is really
> frustrating is that Windows XP finds it just fine, bit not Linux <grrrr>

HP goes out of their way to ensure that many models will not and cannot 
work with Linux.  They do support a small number of them (mostly high-end) 
- just enough to make the claim of being "Linux friendly" without running 
the risk of getting Redmond upset.



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