Re: Epson backend

Kaz Sasayama (Kaz.Sasayama@hypercore.co.jp)
17 Mar 1999 14:04:59 +0900

>>>>> On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:18:57 +0100 (CET), Mentore #cat# Siesto <s135989@studenti.ing.unipi.it> said:

M#S> AFAIK, Epson doesn't produce other image retrieval systems other than
M#S> scanners. But, I think that they *could*, in future, produce things such
M#S> as digital cameras, so that IMHO the test sdhould remain... BTW, this
M#S> could be one of the reasons why the GT-300 is not correctly detected.

Yes, they could, but there is another check in the backend
to test if the device understands the scanner commands. And
even if Epson would make non-scanner devices in the future,
it would be easier to maintain a list of such non-working
devices than of working scanners, I hope.

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Kaz Sasayama <Kaz.Sasayama@hypercore.co.jp>
Hypercore Software Design, Ltd. <URL:http://www.hypercore.co.jp/>

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