SANE2 was: Re: [sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Feb 22 11:29 m. allan noah wrote (shortened): > > At the moment it is simply ignored when particular models require > > special settings in .conf > > unfortunately, this can be difficult to deal with, since what > each model needs can vary drastically. cheaper models that require > firm

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Feb 22 17:23 Gerhard Jaeger wrote (shortened): > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 16:21, Johannes Meixner wrote: > > Perhaps it is possible to "misuse" the PPD file syntax for scanner > > setup as well. > > You are right, but I don't like the idea to "misuse" something, > especially it has a

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Gerhard Jaeger
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 16:21, Johannes Meixner wrote: [SNIPSNAP] > Therefore it is normally not possible to determine the matching > backend from the autodetected model string. > > I think we should discuss about an enhanced *.desc file format > to specify autodetected model strings and model

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Feb 22 09:16 m. allan noah wrote (shortened): > i would like to see a few things done in the sane2 standard: ... > 3. more consistent config file interface for all backends I would appreciate this very much. At the moment all what the Suse scanner config tool does is: a) show a list of

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Gerhard Jaeger
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 11:54, gerard klaver wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 09:26 +0100, Rene Rebe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Gerhard Jaeger wrote: > > > > > the problem is our SANE 1 standard, which defines the image format. > > > We have currently only the possibility to pass RGB data to a fron

SANE2 was: Re: [sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread m. allan noah
>>> i would like to see a few things done in the sane2 standard: >>> 3. more consistent config file interface for all backends >> >> I would appreciate this very much. >> >> At the moment all what the Suse scanner config tool does is: >> a) show a list of model names made from the *.desc files >>

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread gerard klaver
On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 09:26 +0100, Rene Rebe wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Gerhard Jaeger wrote: >=20 > > the problem is our SANE 1 standard, which defines the image format. > > We have currently only the possibility to pass RGB data to a frontend= . > >=20 > > The solution (whenever we can start) is SANE 2

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Michal Jaegermann
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 08:28:18AM +0100, Gerhard Jaeger wrote: > On Monday 21 February 2005 00:09, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > > > But does somebody at least have some idea how to read an infrared > > channel? > > the problem is our SANE 1 standard, which defines the image format. > We have cur

SANE2 was: Re: [sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread m. allan noah
> On Feb 22 09:16 m. allan noah wrote (shortened): >> i would like to see a few things done in the sane2 standard: > ... >> 3. more consistent config file interface for all backends > > I would appreciate this very much. > > At the moment all what the Suse scanner config tool does is: > a) show a l

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Rene Rebe
Hi, Major A wrote: >>- starting SANE 2 with, let's say 2 or three backends (in the end your Avision >> stuff, my Plustek backends (plustek, plustek_pp and u12, maybe some other >> VOLUNTEERS - hell lot of work to do ;) > > > I've been suggesting that for months. As soon as a simple S

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Gerhard Jaeger
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 09:26, Rene Rebe wrote: > Hi, > > Gerhard Jaeger wrote: > > > the problem is our SANE 1 standard, which defines the image format. > > We have currently only the possibility to pass RGB data to a frontend. > > > > The solution (whenever we can start) is SANE 2 where we

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Rene Rebe
Hi, Gerhard Jaeger wrote: > the problem is our SANE 1 standard, which defines the image format. > We have currently only the possibility to pass RGB data to a frontend. > > The solution (whenever we can start) is SANE 2 where we have a more flexible > approach for transmitting image data to a fr

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Major A
> - starting SANE 2 with, let's say 2 or three backends (in the end your Avision > stuff, my Plustek backends (plustek, plustek_pp and u12, maybe some other > VOLUNTEERS - hell lot of work to do ;) I've been suggesting that for months. As soon as a simple SANE2 front-end (scanimage) i

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread m. allan noah
the problem is our SANE 1 standard, which defines the image format. We have currently only the possibility to pass RGB data to a frontend. The solution (whenever we can start) is SANE 2 where we have a more flexible approach for transmitting image data to a frontend.

[sane-devel] Infrared channel

2005-02-22 Thread Gerhard Jaeger
Hi, On Monday 21 February 2005 00:09, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > Yes, I have seen a rather short "Sane does not support the dust > removal with the Perfection 4870" here: > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2004-September/012111.html > > But does somebody at least have som