On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:30:41 +0100 "Fran Alvarez" <skitarna at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, ok, It seemed to me that I was being crystal clear at my explanations, > and I'm surprised that a community of OS developpers is so afraid about > giving "high level details" about the topic, but I understand that perhaps > someone (commercially devoted) deceived you in the past and you want to know > more about your recently joined askers. > BTW, I refer to everyone that answered me for now (thanks for that!) and > seemed to be in phase at their answers, but not to any of you in particular. > I repeat, I thank you all, not my aim to bore you, only to explain my > surprise about the main sense of the answer: tell us more (what in the other > hand I totally understand: two hands never shake completely together if one > of them keeps half-opened; anyway, I thank you for asking). well.. on my side, I was just kidding :) I believe that any scanner could work, if you can fake any sensor it might have to detect a stuck head. Most scanner are high level, like "scan the page", while some others are low level, like "move head, acquire line" . i guess you'll have to check each driver.