Re: Non Disclosure Agreements - apple thread (canon)

Firikis Milon (milonf@mbox.ariadne-t.gr)
Fri, 22 May 1998 10:58:36 +0300 (EET DST)

>
> Apple publishes the Programmer's Guide to Apple Scanners, but the
> Apple Scanner I have uses a Canon engine which is not documented, probably
> because Apple signed the same NDA. I didn't realize this and tried real hard
> to write a driver that partially worked - I could scan, and get data, but
> I couldn't make sense of it. The programmer's guide documents the
> OneScanner, but I actually have a OneScanner 600/27, which is a Canon engine. D'oh!
>
> Mike Crawford
>

I have written the apple scanner (4 bits, 16 shadows of gray) support for
SANE. Since I have the docs

(ftp://ftpdev.info.apple.com/devworld/Technical_Documentati n/Peripherals_Documentation/)

I thought I could propably add some preliminary support for
-OneScanner
-ColorOneScanner

so somebody with the right hardware can contribute/helpme the appropriate
fixes.

Since you look far more familiar than me with this 'canon engines' I wonder
if you could possibly post the apple scanner models that are canon-powered.
So I would be able to include/exclude them from the Hardware compatibility
list of the backend and also save some unsuspected users from a painfull
and time costing failure.

Milon

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