Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-09 Thread Michaël Grünewald
Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If I do understand, this seems a close analogue of PPL files in the >> printing world, right? > You meant PPD files? Yes that's what I meant! >> In fact, I have no serious reason to run amd64 since I use my amd64 >> computer as a ``user workstatio

Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-08 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Michaël Grünewald wrote: Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Let me clarify firstly some things. Thank you very much for this very detailed answer, it's very nice from you! [SNIP] In essence your scanner uses this file to explain the Sane the page layout and graphics

Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-08 Thread Michaël Grünewald
Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let me clarify firstly some things. Thank you very much for this very detailed answer, it's very nice from you! [SNIP] > In essence your scanner uses this file to explain the Sane the page > layout and graphics. So it is not a driver! If I do u

Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-08 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Micha?l Gr?newald wrote: Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I use Epson Perfection 1670 and it works like a charm. Unfortunately it does require binary blob which might be something you want to avoid. What is that binary blob stuff? Do you mean by this a binary

Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-08 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Michaël Grünewald wrote: Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I use Epson Perfection 1670 and it works like a charm. Unfortunately it does require binary blob which might be something you want to avoid. What is that binary blob stuff? Do you mean by this a binary image that s

Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-07 Thread Michaël Grünewald
Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use Epson Perfection 1670 and it works like a charm. Unfortunately > it does require binary blob which might be something you want to > avoid. What is that binary blob stuff? Do you mean by this a binary image that should be loaded in kernel --- a

Re: Scanner Compatibility

2007-12-06 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Jason C. Wells wrote: Does this represent the state of the art in scanners under FreeBSD? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/scanners.html Any other up to the minute tips on purchasing a scanner? Does 7.0-RELEASE present any new issues? Thanks, Jason C. Wells