Fujitsu also makes a similar scanner. It has an integrated USB hub, and shows up as multiple devices behind that hub. I've never been successful in properly initializing the device. Even if I was, it won't be easy to convince the SANE USB library to let me control three devices at one time. I expect these kind of scanners might be better off with a standalone program.
allan On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 7:59 AM David Legg <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to add to what Torfinn mentioned elsewhere in this thread: - > > I use a CZUR ET16 Plus to scan things like pamphlets and Xmas cards > etc. I have to use it on a Windows machine because there are no Linux > drivers for it. Don't think of them as simply web cams. As Torfinn > hinted at, the real advantage of the proprietary software is that it can > automatically crop and rotate the image and even scan two facing pages > at once to produce both pages as separate images. The CZUR scanner even > fires off a laser just before scanning so it can estimate the curvature > of the paper. Then there is also the addition of a foot switch to begin > scanning if you have both hands full. > > With scanners I have learned that one type doesn't suit all scanning > jobs. I also use a brother ADS-4700W sheet feeding scanner which can > automatically scan both sides of a sheaf of sheets and send the PDF to a > waiting server with the push of a button! > > It's all a far cry from when I worked for Crosfield Electronics 40 years > ago. Those drum scanners were used in the printing industry and filled > a room! > > Regards, > David Legg > > On 25/12/2024 03:16, Low Salt Popcorn wrote: > > > > Just curious, did the old sane backend do something more than, say, > > "ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 scan.xxx"? > > > > Anyway, I guess I have to take my chances and hope the el-cheapo book > > scanners are standards compliant and don't use some proprietary protocol. > > > > > -- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand"
