Can I use umax astra 4100 on my ubuntu

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Nov 26 20:36:23 UTC 2007


On 11/23/2007 07:17 PM, Jim Smith wrote:
> maman durahman wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I need some help. What ever help i realy appreciate it.
>>
>> Can I use umax astra 4100 on my ubuntu?  If yes, how?
>>
>> I have spend a lot of time searching for the answer through google and
>> ubuntu forum. And i have not find it yet.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>   
> I had the same scanner. SANE does have a driver for it, but there was no
> way I could get it to work. I even tried compiling SANE and XSane from
> source but it never did work for me. I gave up and got a Canon Lide 60
> and it has worked like a charm ever since.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Jim
> 

<http://www.sane-project.org/unsupported/umax-astra-4100.html>

That shows it as a Primax (outsourced to Umax):
found USB scanner (vendor=0x0461 [Primax], product=0x038c [USB Scanner],
chip=GL646_HP) at libusb:002:003

So you might try the Primax project:
http://primax.sourceforge.net/






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