Re: [sane-devel] custom SANE backend

2019-01-20 Thread Mark DM
I looked at test.conf and some docs and found nothing about initiating a scan with a third party command. That is the goal here to use a third party command, not a USB, parallel, nor network interface There are two such examples of command line scanner utilities that could benefit from something

Re: [sane-devel] custom SANE backend

2019-01-20 Thread Jeff
On 20/01/2019 19:55, Mark DM wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has made a "generic" backend for custom > commands to control a scanner. Sure. There is the test backend: scanimage --device=test --help You might have to enable it first, depending on your distro/installation. Regards Jeff

[sane-devel] custom SANE backend

2019-01-20 Thread Mark DM
I have a working linux command line utility that controls a scanner and all functions. I was wondering if anyone has made a "generic" backend for custom commands to control a scanner. the idea is to execute the command line utility with the options for the scan. for instance to scan using the

Re: [sane-devel] Canon imageCLASS MF416dw & Ubuntu 18.04

2019-01-20 Thread Rolf Bensch
Hi, You need to install SANE's development version, e.g. from my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git . The MF410 Series is supported since PIXMA backend version 0.17.51 (SANE version 1.0.27), but still has status 'untested'. Hope this helps. Cheers, Rolf Am