[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Yiannis Belias
Hi, Julien BLACHE wrote ... > The counterpart to saned is the net backend, which is usually used > through the dll backend. Both only implement the SANE API and only > provide the SANE API calls. > > Now, where does your get_icc_profile() fit in there? Right, it > doesn't. > > JB. :) Actually I

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Julien BLACHE
stef wrote: Hi, > if it wasn't for the API, wouldn't be the backend the best place to > know > about a scanning device ICC profile ? AFAICT Oyranos works with a central repository of ICC profiles. So, no. JB. -- Julien BLACHE

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread stef
Le lundi 8 juin 2009 21:40:05 Julien BLACHE, vous avez ?crit : > "m. allan noah" wrote: > > Hi, > > My fingers slipped on the keyboard, so if you get an empty mail before > this one... sorry. > > >> My take on this is that it should be handled out of band and by the > >> frontend only. The fronten

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Julien BLACHE
"m. allan noah" wrote: Hi, My fingers slipped on the keyboard, so if you get an empty mail before this one... sorry. >> My take on this is that it should be handled out of band and by the >> frontend only. The frontend should have all the information needed to >> determine which ICC profile app

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Julien BLACHE
"m. allan noah" wrote: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Julien BLACHE wrote: >> Yiannis Belias wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> :) Actually I was hoping that saned could implement an extra function call >>> without the need for the dll or even (maybe) the net backend to be aware of >>> it. >>> I unders

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Julien BLACHE
Yiannis Belias wrote: Hi, > :) Actually I was hoping that saned could implement an extra function call > without the need for the dll or even (maybe) the net backend to be aware of > it. > I understand that this would brake the api for the network part. And how would the frontend actually get

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Yiannis Belias
Hello, Thanks everyone for participating on the discussing, your input is very valuable. Unfortunately I was not able to follow up, so I'll make some points here. In general color management is really important to be implemented and everyone needs it - more or less. The working industry stand

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread Julien BLACHE
Yiannis Belias wrote: Hi, > The next part is getting the profile over the network. > It would be ideal to transfer the profile through the normal sane transport > mechanism, since it's already there. > So is it possible to add an extra call to a function like get_icc_profile() ? > Then saned wo

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread m. allan noah
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:53 PM, stef wrote: > Le lundi 8 juin 2009 21:40:05 Julien BLACHE, vous avez ?crit : >> "m. allan noah" wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> My fingers slipped on the keyboard, so if you get an empty mail before >> this one... sorry. >> >> >> My take on this is that it should be handled

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread m. allan noah
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Julien BLACHE wrote: > Yiannis Belias wrote: > > Hi, > >> :) Actually I was hoping that saned could implement an extra function call >> without the need for the dll or even (maybe) the net backend to be aware of >> it. >> I understand that this would brake the api

[sane-devel] ICC support - summing up

2009-06-08 Thread m. allan noah
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Yiannis Belias wrote: > Hi, > > Julien BLACHE wrote > ... >> The counterpart to saned is the net backend, which is usually used >> through the dll backend. Both only implement the SANE API and only >> provide the SANE API calls. >> >> Now, where does your get_icc_pro

[sane-devel] Problem with HP ScanJet 4p and SCSI

2009-06-08 Thread David Brant
Hello Dieter I placed the file in the location you suggested, but i wasn't sure how to "set the attributes accordingly: root.root / 0755 (whatever the other rules files do have, to stay in tune with the ubuntu-rules)" I rebooted, but Xsane did not recognise the scanner. If it is of any significa