The Fujitsu protocol is basically the same for all scanners, so you could pick up a used fi-5120 or similar for cheap.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 1:16 PM Wes Rishel <wris...@gmail.com> wrote: > re: Really, for what you are trying to do, you might be better off > interfacing with the SANE API instead of trying to drive scanimage. > > Thanks. This is something I have thought before. Right now I invoke > scanimage as a subprocess for each batch, so there is a noticeable delay > while it polls the USB addresses. It would be nice to do that once and have > each batch start quickly. If I had more access to the scanner for debugging > I might use that approach. > > Meanwhile I will check out scanimage sources. > > > > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 2:49 PM m. allan noah <kitno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Look at the source code for scanimage, see how it translates SANE_status >> to exit codes. If that is not sufficient, you might need to catch its >> STDERR stream, and parse it. >> >> Really, for what you are trying to do, you might be better off >> interfacing with the SANE API instead of trying to drive scanimage. >> >> allan >> >> On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 2:25 PM Wes Rishel <wris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a program that uses SANE to run a Fujitsu fi-5900c scanner, but I >>> only have access to the scanner when I am doing production work. So I am >>> writing code on a system where the scanner is not available. >>> >>> It would help to have a list of the return codes from scanimage while >>> working on a Fujitsu scanner. In particular, I would like to identify the >>> error codes returned for various errors where the operator might correct >>> them. Examples include stops due to double feeds, due to something stuck on >>> the page (like a sticky note), due to a failure to pass a single page >>> through the scanner, and so forth. I know that fujitsu.c somehow sets >>> different return codes for some of these situations but I haven't found the >>> list in sane-fujitsu(5) or sane-epjitsu(5). >>> >>> I believe that a good enough list is the SANE_status enum for the >>> general SANE specification. >>> >>> What I don't know is how to map the various values in the enum to the >>> return codes that scanimage uses on exit or whether there are specific >>> additional values for Fujitsu. >>> >>> Can someone share the secret decoder ring ;-) or point me to a document >>> or source file that has this info? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> -- Wes >>> >> >> >> -- >> "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of >> my hand" >> >
