[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-29 Thread Paul Wise
[Please CC me in all replies] On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 10:23 +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: Paul Wise pabs3 at bonedaddy.net wrote: The way to do this would be to define some USB protocol and have it standardised by the USB Implementers Forum, then use that to influence the OEM scanner

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-29 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 15:28 -0800, David Poole dpoole at marvell.com wrote: http://www.usb.org/developers/defined_class/#BaseClass06h www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/usb_still_img10.pdf Thanks. When we were developing our scanners, we looked into the USB still imaging device. The

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-29 Thread François Revol
Fran?ois Revol revol at free.fr wrote: Hi, There actually was a scanner/imaging device standard class defined for USB, and it never went anywhere. Well, just like webcams, until finally some big player switched to UVC, like Apple. My point. Except the iSight doesn't

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-29 Thread Julien BLACHE
Fran?ois Revol revol at free.fr wrote: Hi, My point. Except the iSight doesn't actually talk proper UVC. Does it ? Yep. Look at the uvc driver, you'll see the packet format for the iSight isn't standard UVC. Moreover the camera actually doesn't advertise itself as a UVC class device. The

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-28 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, [Please CC me in all replies] I've been thinking it would be cool if the SANE project didn't have to write new scanner drivers for each and every new USB scanner that comes out. The way to do this would be to define some USB protocol and have it standardised by the USB Implementers

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-28 Thread Julien BLACHE
Paul Wise pabs3 at bonedaddy.net wrote: Hi, The way to do this would be to define some USB protocol and have it standardised by the USB Implementers Forum, then use that to influence the OEM scanner manufacturers to implement it on new scanners. There actually was a scanner/imaging device

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-28 Thread François Revol
Hi, The way to do this would be to define some USB protocol and have it standardised by the USB Implementers Forum, then use that to influence the OEM scanner manufacturers to implement it on new scanners. There actually was a scanner/imaging device standard class defined for

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-28 Thread Julien BLACHE
Fran?ois Revol revol at free.fr wrote: Hi, There actually was a scanner/imaging device standard class defined for USB, and it never went anywhere. Well, just like webcams, until finally some big player switched to UVC, like Apple. My point. Except the iSight doesn't actually talk proper

[sane-devel] SANE protocol over USB as new USB scanner device class?

2008-12-28 Thread m. allan noah
2008/12/27 Paul Wise pabs3 at bonedaddy.net: Hi all, [Please CC me in all replies] I've been thinking it would be cool if the SANE project didn't have to write new scanner drivers for each and every new USB scanner that comes out. The way to do this would be to define some USB protocol