[sane-devel] HP Scanjet 5590: Scanning in Grayscale - Mode

2009-04-02 Thread Stefan Kempf
Hello, the feeling of a grayscale-Image scanned by sane is like lineart. When I do the same scan with HP-Scan-Util in XP, then it is a good Grayscale-image with many details. I've two examples of the same scan plus the differences in the histogram. In the histogram, the differences are evident.

[sane-devel] continuous capture from scanner

2009-04-02 Thread Kyle McDonald
I understand the CCD/CIS distinction -- I wasn't planning on moving the light adjacent to the scan head, just thinking about what sort of extra lighting might be necessary. I found some older models of the Corex Cardscan that seem pretty cheap and hackable, but I can't find the 800 model. Is

[sane-devel] continuous capture from scanner

2009-04-02 Thread Sparr
There are continuous feed scanners. Plenty exist in the office-copier form factor, some are desktop models (HP high-capacity document scanners), and plenty are photograph scanners. Ages ago you could get a sheet feed scanner that mounted on top of a keyboard (or just sat alone), a 2x10 cylinder.

[sane-devel] HP Scanjet 5590: Scanning in Grayscale - Mode

2009-04-02 Thread Ilia Sotnikov
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Stefan Kempf steke at gmx.net wrote: the feeling of a grayscale-Image scanned by sane is like lineart. When I do the same scan with HP-Scan-Util in XP, then it is a good Grayscale-image with many details. I've two examples of the same scan plus the differences

[sane-devel] Proposed sane-backends release

2009-04-02 Thread m. allan noah
We have a great deal of updated code in SANE CVS, including several new backends. It has been 14+ months since our last release. The big stumbling block so far has been manpower, and uncertainty around the status of updated 'sane 1.1' features. Lately on this list we are repeatedly telling users

[sane-devel] Proposed sane-backends release

2009-04-02 Thread Ilia Sotnikov
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:17 PM, m. allan noah kitno455 at gmail.com wrote: schedule: Feature freeze on April 19, code freeze on April 26, release on May 3. Comments? I have the new backend for Konica-Minolta Bizhub MFU devices almost finished, will require sanei_usb changes as well. Hope

[sane-devel] Sane on Ubuntu 8.04 Server and HP PS C3180

2009-04-02 Thread Matt Burkhardt
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[sane-devel] Sane on Ubuntu 8.04 Server and HP PS C3180

2009-04-02 Thread m. allan noah
We produce neither the scanner nor printer drivers for this machine. Ask the hplip guys. allan On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Matt Burkhardt mlb at imparisystems.com wrote: I have networked my HP Photosmart C3180 printer and can successfully print and scan using Xsane.? My problem comes in

[sane-devel] HP Scanjet 5590: Scanning in Grayscale - Mode

2009-04-02 Thread Stefan Kempf
Hi Ilia, oh-ha, thanks for info. ... These calculations gave near the same tables as original Windows drivers sent if I look at the two histograms - I could mail them to you - it looks like a 'not too small' difference. ...That could be because the scanner receives two tables (maps), I've