On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Paul Newall <p.newalls at ntlworld.com> wrote: > I have managed to deduce the protocol sufficiently to aquire uncompressed > scan data from my Kodak ESP 5250 Aio.
That's a wonderful feeling, isn't it! My favorite part of the job is that first scan. Getting the rest of the backend to work can be a bit of a chore :) > I have written a python program that aquires a scan over the wifi network > interface. > So I propose to try and write a SANE backend, unless someone already has? > > Any suggestions for a good existing backend to use as a starting pint for > this project? Each author would likely suggest their own. I'm partial to the fujitsu backend myself :) I'd recommend poking around in the source, and find one with a style you can read. Perhaps one that also has some networking functions? allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"