[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-13 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 19:40:22 + (GMT) Jon Chambers j...@jon.demon.co.uk wrote: The Dell 1600n network protocol seems quite different to the one you describe, but we both have a requirement for socket communication which works on all SANE platforms. I'll keep you posted on my progress.

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Julien BLACHE
Jon Chambers j...@jon.demon.co.uk wrote: Hi, 1. Hopefully trivial: I have written a dummy backend and sym-linked it to /usr/lib/sane/libsane-dell1600n-net.so. How can I get a SANE frontend to find it? Add dell1600n to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. 2. The Dell 1600n sends data back in CCITT Fax

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, On 2006-01-08 10:16, Julien BLACHE wrote: 2. The Dell 1600n sends data back in CCITT Fax Group 4 or JPEG formats (for monochrome or colour scans respectively). To convert this to an array of RGB data will require converstion via an external library (eg: libjpeg). Is this extra link

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 22:31:05 + (GMT) Jon Chambers j...@jon.demon.co.uk wrote: I have written a driver for network scanning using a Dell 1600n MFP. It is implemented as a perl script and can be found here: http://www.jon.demon.co.uk/dell1600n-net-scan/ I am currently in the process of

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Jon Chambers
Hi Alessandro, On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Alessandro Zummo wrote: SANE actually misses a network transport and, since I'm dealing with a network capable MFP too, we can maybe coordinate the efforts to create and test one. Let me know if you're interested. This could be useful. What scanner are

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:16:38 + (GMT) Jon Chambers j...@jon.demon.co.uk wrote: This could be useful. What scanner are you working on and what stage are you at? Do you know the network protocol? Do you have a working prototype? Have you made a start on a SANE backend? Epson CX11NF.

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Jon Chambers
Hi Alessandro, On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Alessandro Zummo wrote: I agree. I only know of unix sockets, so probably the first version won't work straight on windows... I don't see any #ifdef WIN32 in the SANE code so I don't think that is a target platform. Nonetheless there are MaC OS and OS2

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-08 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, On 2006-01-08 19:40, Jon Chambers wrote: I don't see any #ifdef WIN32 in the SANE code so I don't think that is a target platform. See README.windows... Bye, Henning

[sane-devel] dell1600n-net backend

2006-01-07 Thread Jon Chambers
Hi, I have written a driver for network scanning using a Dell 1600n MFP. It is implemented as a perl script and can be found here: http://www.jon.demon.co.uk/dell1600n-net-scan/ I am currently in the process of figuring out how to write an equivalent SANE backend. I have a couple of