[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-19 Thread Julien BLACHE
Dean Loros autocros...@macdialup.com wrote: Hi, phone calls in return. It seems that HP is getting sensitive in regards to Linux support is willing to talk--The last conversation with a Senior member of tech support ( knowledgeable about Linux Distros) If a SANE developer needs some HP

[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-18 Thread Dean Loros
I recently sent a E-mail to HP's president Mark Hurd talking about the poor state of Linux support with HP products. I did not expect an answer to my mail was very surprised to get several e-mails 3 phone calls in return. It seems that HP is getting sensitive in regards to Linux support is

[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-18 Thread Justin Findlay
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 05:15:00PM -0700, Dean Loros wrote: I would encourage everyone that is having trouble with a HP scanner to open a dialog with HP--it does seem that the time is ripe to make some changes!!! That is surely good news, however in my recent quest to acquire a scanner (HP,

[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-18 Thread Tyrone Mills
Well done Dean! Could you share the contact info you have, or perhaps an even better idea would be to refer Robert to this list to see all the different people who are struggling to make use of their HP Scanners. I for one have a 4070 that I am forced to keep a solitary windows machine around

[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-18 Thread JKD
El Thu, 17 de Aug de 2006, a las 07:22:42PM -0700, Tyrone Mills dijo: I had decided to write a backend for the 4070, so this is great news. Even if they (HP) would provide technical specs for the scanners, I'm sure there are many other people on this list who would create/update backends to

[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-18 Thread Dean Loros
Thank you Tyrone-- I have forwarded the sane-list to Robert--I also asked if he would wish his contact info to be distributed to the list--I am hopeful that there MIGHT be a answer to scanner drivers from HP--I believe that with enough level-headed reasoning dialog we can make a difference---I

[sane-devel] About HP scanners

2006-08-18 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Aug 17 17:15 Dean Loros wrote (shortened): I recently sent a E-mail to HP's president Mark Hurd talking about the poor state of Linux support with HP products. Only for your information: At least for very most HP printers and all-in-one devices there is really good and active Linux