Jon Chambers <j...@jon.demon.co.uk> wrote: Hi,
> 1. Hopefully trivial: I have written a dummy backend and sym-linked > it to /usr/lib/sane/libsane-dell1600n-net.so. How can I get a SANE > frontend to find it? Add dell1600n to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. > 2. The Dell 1600n sends data back in CCITT Fax Group 4 or JPEG formats > (for monochrome or colour scans respectively). To convert this to an > array of RGB data will require converstion via an external library > (eg: libjpeg). Is this extra link dependency acceptable for the SANE > backends build? Yes, see the Makefile in backend/, some backends already link with external libraries (libgphoto2, libjpeg, libtiff are some examples IIRC). JB. -- Julien BLACHE <http://www.jblache.org> <j...@jblache.org> GPG KeyID 0xF5D65169
