[sane-devel] New Scanner Purchase .....

2008-06-24 Thread David Lochrin
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 19:13, peter wrote: > HP it seems is a very interesting company when it comes to the planet as a > whole.? The HP Scanjet 5590 is listed at US$299.99 on the hp.com site.? The > open market in the States will offer for say 10% less. > > In Thailand the price (converted on x

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-13 Thread David Lochrin
On Wednesday 11 June 2008 09:55, Alessandro Zummo wrote: > I was talking about a possible proprietary sane backend > scenario: > > GPL backend + proprietary decoding libs. A manufacturer would choose > compatible terms for this case and it is not forbidden by the GPL. I think this thread is

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-08 Thread David Lochrin
On Sunday 08 June 2008 22:06, m. allan noah wrote: >>In relation to my previous post, if it's possible to accomodate >> manufacturers' sensitivities regarding proprietary code within the >> constraints of the GPL and overall SANE architecture (especially a major >> player such as Canon) the sta

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-08 Thread David Lochrin
On Sunday 08 June 2008 04:18, Nicolas wrote: > A bit of clarification: > > Canon released a packaged frontend+backend named scangearmp. This > program works fine as a whole, independently from SANE, with a few pixma > models only. > > Among this package, there are some files named libsane-canon_mfp

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-07 Thread David Lochrin
Hello, On Thursday 05 June 2008 23:55, Daniel Gl?ckner wrote: > Last year Canon released Linux drivers for the MP scanners that require a > closed source module. We have never heard of anyone successfully using this > driver. On the other hand there is the open source pixma driver that is > active

[sane-devel] Scanning multipage files

2008-05-28 Thread David Lochrin
I'm attempting to scan a two-page document with PDF output. The 'sane' working directory is created and three files are created therein - the two PNG image files and 'xsane-multipage-list'. However clicking on the "save multipage file" button pops up the message window "File multipagepr

[sane-devel] LiDE 25 / 60

2008-05-07 Thread David Lochrin
Hi, I'm trying to decide which current Canon flat-bed scanner to run on SuSE 10.1. It seems Canon may have rationalised the LiDE 20, 30, & 60 by rebadging the "LiDE 60" as "LiDE 25" with minor mechanical changes, and removed the old models from their range. I understand all have the same c