On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 14:44, Matthew wrote: > Is there some documentation regarding the use of the "Scan" and other > buttons on the various scanners? I assume that a standard is not in > place so it would be a scanner-specific hack but I'm interested in > getting the buttons to work. I took a long look at the scanner kernel > module and I see that there is basically no interface built. There's a > front panel buffer allocated but it's never used except as a > placeholder. So maybe a little info about what the scanner does when a > button is pressed before I start sniffing the USB communication? > > Matthew > No expert, but user of the epson backend, if you check the epson backend source a button function is present.
When using xsane -> view -> advanced options there is a "wait for button" when enabled you have to press a button on the scanner. For me (epson 1660 photo has four buttons) i push on the "start" button or the "scan to email" the scanner starts. -- ---------- m.vr.gr. Gerard Klaver
