RE: filmscanners: OT: Device recognition, Win 98: HERE IS REG INFO FOR PRINTSCAN 35

["Jared Dilg" <dilg@home.com>]

I thought I'd be of help if anyone wants to test this theory with a Microtek
scanner to utilize the PolaColor Insight software intended for Sprintscan
scanners.  Here is a link to an exported registry key from my Win2k machine:

http://members.home.net/dilg/Polaroid35LE.re_

Note the capitalization of the filename and the fact I renamed the
extension - @Home is on a UNIX box I assume and is case sensitive, and I
renamed the file extension so that someone wouldn't accidentally run the reg
file without thinking.  Here is the key it will create:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SCSI\Scanner&Ven_Polaroid&P
rod_Polaroid_35/LE&Rev_1.40

Good luck, and thank you everyone for contributing to this list!
Jared Dilg



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Steve Greenbank
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:59 PM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT: Device recognition, Win 98


On a PC it may be worth trying regedit to fool the software. It should be
noted that regedit can completely screw your machine. Before starting save a
copy!
The relevant part is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SCSI". If someone supplies you
with the relevant information for the scanner your trying to emulate it
might work - it depends how the software is coded.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard N. Moyer" <dickmoyer@mail.earthlink.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT: Device recognition, Win 98


> For Apple only. This type of situation has been rectified sometimes -
> for instance in certain CD machines - by using RESEDIT, and changing
> the ID in the driver. Do you know if this is an ID issue or what?
> Inquiry commands must include some form of ID - - -? No idea what PC
> users can do in a similar way.
> >
> >The Microtek and Polaroid scanners are almost identical, but
> >they return different strings from the scsi inquiry command.
> >This keeps the Polaroid scanners from working with the
> >Microtek software and vice versa.  There's nothing to prevent
> >Polaroid and Microtek from making their software run on
> >each other's scanners, but they haven't done this.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Ed Hamrick
>
>