Re: How I scan, was Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

2021-04-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 31 Mar 2021 at 17:05:57 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: [...] > The option I favor is that the scan is controlled by your own computer, > but you can trigger new scans by hitting buttons on the scanner > (i.e. the button-presses get sent to your computer who then decides > what action to take

Re: How I scan, was Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

2021-04-01 Thread David Pottage
On 2021-03-31 22:05, Stefan Monnier wrote: Scanning the output to a server just seems plain obvious to me. What's the downside? It has its advantages, indeed. On the downsides: - the scanner usually has a very limited UI, making it difficult/inconvenient (if at all possible) to control and

Re: How I scan, was Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

2021-03-31 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Scanning the output to a server just seems plain obvious to me. > What's the downside? It has its advantages, indeed. On the downsides: - the scanner usually has a very limited UI, making it difficult/inconvenient (if at all possible) to control and select the scanning options, compared to

How I scan, was Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

2021-03-31 Thread David Wright
On Wed 31 Mar 2021 at 07:18:14 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > The one way I did manage to get the scanner to work was to a > > USB flash drive. It quickly sucked in a handful of sheets, > > scanned both sides, and wrote them to a file on the stick. > > If all else fails, I c