Re: Twain interface

From: Peck Dickens (peck_d@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Apr 16 2001 - 11:55:29 PDT

  • Next message: Nigel Feltham: "Re: Twain interface"

    On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:16:51 +0100
    Nigel Feltham <nigel.feltham@libertysurf.co.uk> wrote:

    > Some SCSI scanners can already be used under WINE running windows twain
    > applications using an emulated ASPI layer and Printer port scanners work by
    > allowing SANE to allow windows apps to directly access printer port - if this
    > can be made to work for USB as well and a SANE wrapper could be written to
    > appear to the Linux Frontend as a normal SANE device and to the Windows Twain
    > driver as a Standard Windows Twain application then the only difference to
    > the user between a true SANE backend and a windows Driver using the SANE
    > wrapper would be having 2 dialogs displayed (the SANE scan dialog and the
    > TWAIN scan dialog) but many windows twain drivers can have their scan dialog
    > bypassed.

    Oy. The above sure sounds ugly to me. I do not use windows or even own a copy
    of windows. The above describes a Lindows installation with layer after layer
    of drivers and emulations... If you gonna do this why even use Linux?

    Best

    M. Peck Dickens

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