Hi Ariel, Here are some answers:
1) Spiro > When I run Xsane, I get the option to choose between the two scanners I > have (Epson and Nikon) and get a new windows with default settings. > > I try to scan, and get this error: > Failed to start scanner: Error during device I/O Ariel >> i never saw Xsane, or are you referring to xscanimage?. xscanimage kind of >> works for me, ie, i get a scanned file ok, but the preview does not get >> the right scales, and the LUT tabs show me just crap inside (but this of >> course has nothing to do with the coolscan backend!) the package I use is: media-gfx/xsane from http://www.xsane.org/ Here is portage link: http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=Xsane 2) Ariel > try "scanimage" from the commandline. > If you get an error there you should enable debugging output and send us > that output. Something like this will be helpful: > export SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_USB=4 > export SANE_DEBUG_COOLSCAN2=255 > scanimage > photo.pnm It all points to my Epson scanner even if both scanners are turned on. So, I am not able to test it this way. Please provide more info so I can directly scan with the Nikon scanner. 3) Spiro > there a plae to choose for those settings, and redice, and all those > nikon settings? Ariel > no, there is support for reading the infrared channel data but the driver > will NOT clean up the image based on that data, it is available for you to > use it. But I don't know how one can process that in linux afterwards. > Anybody? > As i told you before, many of the "features" advertised for the scanner are > actually _software_ features provided by the Windows drivers. You won't > get that with sane. Other people in this list will perhaps know how to > imitate those features. Well, this is not sufficent for allowing a user to fully utilize what was purchased (in my openion). I purchased this device becaue of all its features. Leaving some out would not match purchasing goals. For sure you know this scanner better than I do just because you are deveoloping the driver, but I wish to ask you a question then: How come VieScan allows all customizations? As a matter of fact I was already ready to start my project with this application but preferred to wait and see if I could do the same with sane (not because of the cost of this package). So I guess sane at this stage is not ready for my project. Please confirm me this so that I start it in another way. Also, if you wish for debugging suggest me how to solve my issue with failed connection this would be great. Ariel, I am still at your disposal for testing and debugging for as much as Linux skills assist me. I hope sane or your development will bring the software to a level where full customizations and infrared scan become reality. For now take care, Spiro
