Sure; my command-line crack was more toward the one-button requirement, rather than against command line args (also an approach I'd tend to use first, and generally if I'm going to write some code I'm going to try to write enough to eliminate the necessity of a GUI, so that part never gets done :)).
Shame about the polling-overhead-too-high. It's too device can't send a packet or something out. From the online documentation, though, it seems I can program the buttons to send documents to a network location (windows/samba share, I assume), so I guess that'll do (then I can poll that directory...). Thanks for your advice/suggestions. I'll definitely contact you/the list if I get a hplip printer and start hacking on things... Martin On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 04:51:46PM -0700, dwelch91 wrote: > Sure, the 73xx is similar to what I used to develop hp-scan. I am planning > on a GUI version of hp-scan (to eliminate the cmdline args among other > things...), so it should be more friendly in the future. But, I like to get > everything working first w/o a GUI so that I can develop it faster. > > We don't currently have a method to invoke HPLIP software tools from a > device button push. This was actually a planned feature at one point, but > the overhead of constantly polling the device is just too high. > > -Don > > > On 9/4/07, Martin Dengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sure - scan.py seems straightforward enough to add to. > > > > I guess it's easy to get certain hplip devices to somehow invoke scan.py(so > > that my wife needn't remember its command line args :))? I'll have a > > scan through the sane/scanext modules scan.py uses to see. I guess if > > sane supports it, we can extend scan.py easily enough. > > > > So an OJ 73xx would seem to fit the bill? I'd be happy to help if I end > > up going with an hplip supported printer. > > > > Martin > > > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 03:49:12PM -0700, dwelch91 wrote: > > > Well, I don't know if this counts as "scripting", but you could add > > these > > > features to hp-scan (scan.py) and send me patches. I already support > > scan to > > > PDF, email, and am working on ADF support. I am planning OCR support > > too. > > > This is an area it would be great to get some help with. > > > > > > -Don > > > > > > > > > On 9/4/07, Martin Dengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Is anyone using a scanner/multifunction with an ADF that they would > > > > consider as amenable to scripting (from Linux)? Ideally the > > > > scanner/multifunction would support duplex scanning (though I > > understand > > > > hplip doesn't support duplex scanning yet, I could always hope/help to > > have > > > > it supported in the future, and fall back on another OS if I > > desperately > > > > needed to in rare cases). > > > > > > > > I'm trying to find the best solution to enable scanning (probably to > > PDF) > > > > mail and miscellaneous documents with a button press (ideally) and > > having a > > > > file go to a server without any naming necessary. Ideally I'd like > > the PDF > > > > to have text embedded, or I would want to script up an ocr step to > > > > categorize the file based on content (if my bank's name appears then > > rename > > > > the file, put it in my bank statement directory, and maybe add some > > pdf > > > > keywords/tags/etc). > > > > > > > > So far it looks like a 73xx series might do the trick. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > > browser. > > > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > HPLIP-Help mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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