Ren=C3=A9 Rebe <r...@exactcode.de> writes: > although I already cut'n pasted the proposed type string "sheetfed > scanner" into my Avision backend (years ago), I noticed today that > "sheetfed" does not seem to be valid english. What my paper form as > well as online dictionary know is "sheetfeed" or more precisely "sheet > feed".
The scanner is fed sheets by the sheet feeder, hence a sheet fed scanner. Compare with handheld scanner. > The string is not used often in the backends (avision.c, hpsj5s.c and > matsushita.c). > > If we agree I could just commit to change the occurrences. IMHO, these changes should not be committed although I don't mind if a space or hyphen is put between sheet and fed. FYI, aspell with a UK English dictionary suggests these as alternatives (1) and (2), resp. # (0) is sheeted, which is just plain wrong in this case. Just my 2 yen. --=20 Olaf Meeuwissen EPSON KOWA Corporation, PF1 FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/ GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 Penguin's lib! -- I hack, therefore I am -- LPIC-2