[Wylug-help] Parallel port scanner

[Stephen Patterson]

On 03 Apr 06, James Holden (wylug at jamesholden.net) wrote:
> The ones I've seen access the IO registers for the parallel port
> directly in order to use it like a bus, rather than through the usual
> methods that would be employed to send data to a printer.
> 
> There *is* support for *some* parallel scanners on Linux, but I'm pretty
> certain you'd need a 'real' parallel port for them to work.

You can get ISA or PCI paralell port expansion cards to add a real port to your
system.

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