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Is anyone out there using the HP 6350 scanner (SCSI & USB inputs, with
automatic document feeder)?  If so, can you please describe how you got it
working...

I tried using SANE (http://www.mostang.com/sane/).

I tried first with the USB port, but it didn't recognize the scanner on the
USB port.  (I'm using the backport of USB to kernel 2.2.13 from
http://www.linux-usb.org.)  The SANE documentation did not describe what
device name a USB scanner should use.  (I believe something has to be linked
to /dev/scanner, but I don't know what.)

I'm going to try with SCSI next, but I'm not sure how to connect it.  In
particular, the scanner has only one 50 pin (mini) scsi connector on it, so
I'm not sure how/whether to terminate the cable.  the HP documentation does
not provide any details about the SCSI port.

Finally, does anyone know if the ADF (automatic document feeder) works under
Linux.  I'm hoping this works, but it might need some proprietary commands...

Thanks for any help,
    Richard

: Is anyone out there using the HP 6350 scanner (SCSI & USB inputs, with
: automatic document feeder)?  If so, can you please describe how you got it
: working...

: I tried using SANE (http://www.mostang.com/sane/).

: I tried first with the USB port, but it didn't recognize the scanner on the
: USB port.  (I'm using the backport of USB to kernel 2.2.13 from
: http://www.linux-usb.org.)  The SANE documentation did not describe what
: device name a USB scanner should use.  (I believe something has to be linked
: to /dev/scanner, but I don't know what.)

: I'm going to try with SCSI next, but I'm not sure how to connect it.  In
: particular, the scanner has only one 50 pin (mini) scsi connector on it, so
: I'm not sure how/whether to terminate the cable.  the HP documentation does
: not provide any details about the SCSI port.

: Finally, does anyone know if the ADF (automatic document feeder) works under
: Linux.  I'm hoping this works, but it might need some proprietary commands...

Hi,
we use this scanner via the SCSI bus, and it works well.  We have a few devices
on the chain which ends at the scanner (without any external termination), and
there don't seem to be any SCSI problems.  I set up SANE with some patches for
the HP from http://www.kirchgessner.net/.  The ADF sort of works.  You can
put a pile of pages in, but you have to click the scan button for each page
rather than clicking once and letting it scan the pile automatically (or
if you can, I couldn't figure out how to do it).  There's a developer
mailing list for SANE that's a useful place to go for help.  The SANE
homepage probably tells you how to subscribe to it.

Cheers,
Rob Komar