I mean currently running and talking to the scanner. Perhaps something like monitoring for button presses. In general, you would not have both the factory software and sane on the machine at the same time.
On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:26 PM MediaMouth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Control, meaning 'currently scanning' or meaning it has run, therefore made > some kind of a settings change, such that even when not launched retains > "control" > > > On May 7, 2021, at 16:23, m. allan noah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The proprietary software does not use sane, and if it currently has > > control of the scanner, sane will not be able to work. > > > > allan > > > >> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:12 PM Media Mouth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Well noting yet. Any reason to think that using the proprietary software > >> that comes with a Fujitsu scanner "ScanSnap.app" might do something that > >> interferes with SANE. (I'm suspect SANE is their underlying engine) > >> > >> We are and have been able to scan using ScanSnap, and for a brief moment > >> yesterday we were also able to run `scanimage` and save a .pnm > >> > >> On May 7, 2021, at 12:05 PM, m. allan noah <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Unknown- look for OSX system logs that might include USB related errors. > >> > >> allan > >> > >> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:09 PM Media Mouth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> So we're apparently back to the original question... > >> > >> "Re: [sane-devel] scanimage -L detects no scanners / sane-find-scanner > >> does -- on MacOS" > >> > >> `sane-find-scanner` returns `found USB scanner (vendor=0x04c5 [Fujitsu], > >> product=0x132b [ScanSnap iX500]) at libusb:000:002` > >> and > >> `scanimage -L` returns `No scanners were identified. If you were expecting > >> something different` etc. > >> > >> It was after your request for the stdout of `SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU=50 > >> SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_CONFIG=10 scanimage -L` > >> that it suddenly started working, so I wondered if by some magic that was > >> waking something up, but running it again made not difference this go > >> around. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> > >> On May 7, 2021, at 6:26 AM, MediaMouth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> It did ... and then it didn't. Right after successfully scanning a page, > >> subsequent attempts, using the same command, failed with error "invalid > >> argument". > >> > >> On May 7, 2021, at 05:14, m. allan noah <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> "device `fujitsu:ScanSnap iX500:330189' is a FUJITSU ScanSnap iX500 > >> scanner" > >> > >> looks like it works? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge > >> of my hand" > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge > > of my hand" -- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand"
