The net backend is useful, but doesn't do what I need it to do. My thoughts on this are:
1. If sane were to be able to act as a scan server for Win/Mac and Linux, it would be more useful to more people. 2. If all sane scanners were to suddenly be useable as AirScan scanners, it opens up a straightforward method for adding middleware to any sane scanner. Does anyone know anything about AirSane ( https://github.com/SimulPiscator/AirSane)? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:21 PM Ralph Little <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-03-17 4:52 p.m., Steven Santos wrote: > > I have been thinking a lot about sane lately, and I have a question > > for the list. > > > > Is it possible to make sane (and specifically its older driver base) > > look and function like an airscan device? > > > > By that, I mean is it possible to have a sane instance talk to a > > scanner, especially the older ones supported by sane, but also other > > airscan devices and then expose those scanners to the network as if > > they were airscan devices? > > > > This would basically let sane become the scan hub of a > > windows/mac/linux network. > > > > so is it possible? And if so, what would it take to do? > > Of course, there is the net backend and saned but I don't know how > appropriate that would be for your situation. > > The other option might be to construct a frontend that fabricated a > Airscan service. It would have to translate the available options for > the scanners to whatever format is appropriate for the Airscan > interface. Others (e.h. Alexander Pevsner and the chaps at Ordissimo) > probably have more information on that side of things. > > Some general information that I could find is here: > > https://wiki.debian.org/SaneOverNetwork > > Cheers, > Ralph > >
