Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Perry Hutchison via sane-devel
A data point: The Canon MF4880dw -- a multifunction device with network and USB interfaces -- has two buttons, labelled Scan->PC1 and Scan->PC2, which seem as if they could be of interest to sane. When I attempt to configure one of those buttons using the front panel, selecting "Network

Re: [sane-devel] Additional model support for epson2 / epsonds backend

2021-12-03 Thread Ulf Zibis
Am 29.11.21 um 07:36 schrieb Nakamura Iwao: Dear All, Thank you for your continuous efforts for SANE project, and merging previous our patch. We have supported a few new MFPs (those are selling now) additionally for epson2 / epsonds backend as below: Hi Iwao, can you tell us how bug

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Paul Wolneykien
В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 11:53:09 -0500 "m. allan noah" пишет: > > As far as I know, SANE provides exclusive access to the scanner > > for one client only. So, we can run a poller or a frontend, but not > > both. That's why I would like to see the polling process running > > "inside" backend (be

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread m. allan noah
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 11:39 AM Paul Wolneykien wrote: > > В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 11:08:23 -0500 > "m. allan noah" пишет: > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:33 AM Paul Wolneykien > > wrote: > > > > > В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:02:43 -0500 > > > "m. allan noah" пишет: > > > > > > > Many backends are single

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Paul Wolneykien
В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 11:08:23 -0500 "m. allan noah" пишет: > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:33 AM Paul Wolneykien > wrote: > > > В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:02:43 -0500 > > "m. allan noah" пишет: > > > > > Many backends are single threaded currently, so this would be a > > > pretty invasive change. > > >

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread m. allan noah
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:33 AM Paul Wolneykien wrote: > В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:02:43 -0500 > "m. allan noah" пишет: > > > Many backends are single threaded currently, so this would be a pretty > > invasive change. > > But that's not a required change, isn't it? If a backend isn't ready > for

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Wilhelm Meier via sane-devel
On 03.12.21 16:54, Paul Wolneykien wrote: > В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 15:19:16 +0100 > Wilhelm Meier via sane-devel пишет: > >> There is this old project of mine called "scanbd", the "scanner button >> daemon". There wasn't low / no activity in the last year(s), but it is >> still functional because it

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Paul Wolneykien
В Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:34:05 -0500 ryni...@ryniker.org пишет: > "m. allan noah" wrote on Fri, 3 Dec 2021 > 09:02:43 -0500: > > >Frankly, polling over the network once per second is not that much > >traffic, and certainly easier to implement. > > Yes, but it is wrong. Someone will decide it

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Paul Wolneykien
В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 15:19:16 +0100 Wilhelm Meier via sane-devel пишет: > There is this old project of mine called "scanbd", the "scanner button > daemon". There wasn't low / no activity in the last year(s), but it is > still functional because it is strictly POSIX conform. I've seen it. And I

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Wilhelm Meier
There is this old project of mine called "scanbd", the "scanner button daemon". There wasn't low / no activity in the last year(s), but it is still functional because it is strictly POSIX conform. If anyone is interested in taking care of that, I would be very happy.

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Wilhelm Meier via sane-devel
There is this old project of mine called "scanbd", the "scanner button daemon". There wasn't low / no activity in the last year(s), but it is still functional because it is strictly POSIX conform. If anyone is interested in taking care of that, I would be very happy.

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Paul Wolneykien
В Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:02:43 -0500 "m. allan noah" пишет: > Many backends are single threaded currently, so this would be a pretty > invasive change. But that's not a required change, isn't it? If a backend isn't ready for it, it just should not add SANE_CAP_DYNAMIC to the options. > Frankly,

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Kelly Price
Well, that and if the access to the scanner is locked at the saned level, polling isn't going to tie it up and saned can always return a "We're busy scanning" signal. On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:03 AM m. allan noah wrote: > > Many backends are single threaded currently, so this would be a pretty >

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread m. allan noah
Many backends are single threaded currently, so this would be a pretty invasive change. Frankly, polling over the network once per second is not that much traffic, and certainly easier to implement. allan On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 8:50 AM Paul Wolneykien wrote: > В Thu, 2 Dec 2021 17:29:13 -0800

Re: [sane-devel] Interactive use of scanner buttons

2021-12-03 Thread Paul Wolneykien
В Thu, 2 Dec 2021 17:29:13 -0800 Ralph Little пишет: > However, regular polling can be > detrimental as a general feature. One commentator suggested that over > a network, this could become an unnecessary bandwidth hog. In SANE we > would want to add polling features in a generic fashion and

Re: [sane-devel] Epson Perfection1640 and the epson2 backend: summary

2021-12-03 Thread Wolfram Sang
Hi, > 1) This started out with focus problems. >I appear to have confirmed that the 1640 accepts, but ignores, focus >commands, so the current version of the backend >(commit 3b47d1d26a73054b7138759fa7af57ed6c8e8e35 (HEAD -> master, > origin/master, origin/HEAD) >with

Re: [sane-devel] Additional model support for epson2 / epsonds backend

2021-12-03 Thread Wolfram Sang
Nakamura-san, Yumoto-san, > Changed Points :Just add new models' IDs > Patch : We have attached patch to the latest ver. of > epson2 / epsonds as below: > > Test Status : We have completed testing with actual devices. Thank you for the