[sane-devel] New Scanner Purchase .....

2008-06-24 Thread David Lochrin
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 19:13, peter wrote: HP it seems is a very interesting company when it comes to the planet as a whole.? The HP Scanjet 5590 is listed at US$299.99 on the hp.com site.? The open market in the States will offer for say 10% less. In Thailand the price (converted on

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-13 Thread David Lochrin
On Wednesday 11 June 2008 09:55, Alessandro Zummo wrote: I was talking about a possible proprietary sane backend scenario: GPL backend + proprietary decoding libs. A manufacturer would choose compatible terms for this case and it is not forbidden by the GPL. I think this thread is

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-08 Thread David Lochrin
On Sunday 08 June 2008 04:18, Nicolas wrote: A bit of clarification: Canon released a packaged frontend+backend named scangearmp. This program works fine as a whole, independently from SANE, with a few pixma models only. Among this package, there are some files named libsane-canon_mfp.* ,

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-08 Thread David Lochrin
On Sunday 08 June 2008 22:06, m. allan noah wrote: In relation to my previous post, if it's possible to accomodate manufacturers' sensitivities regarding proprietary code within the constraints of the GPL and overall SANE architecture (especially a major player such as Canon) the status of

[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

2008-06-07 Thread David Lochrin
Hello, On Thursday 05 June 2008 23:55, Daniel Gl?ckner wrote: Last year Canon released Linux drivers for the MP scanners that require a closed source module. We have never heard of anyone successfully using this driver. On the other hand there is the open source pixma driver that is actively

[sane-devel] Scanning multipage files

2008-05-28 Thread David Lochrin
I'm attempting to scan a two-page document with PDF output. The 'sane' working directory is created and three files are created therein - the two PNG image files and 'xsane-multipage-list'. However clicking on the save multipage file button pops up the message window File

[sane-devel] LiDE 25 / 60

2008-05-07 Thread David Lochrin
Hi, I'm trying to decide which current Canon flat-bed scanner to run on SuSE 10.1. It seems Canon may have rationalised the LiDE 20, 30, 60 by rebadging the LiDE 60 as LiDE 25 with minor mechanical changes, and removed the old models from their range. I understand all have the same