Re: Parallel Port Scanner
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote:
> Brazilian company (TCE), so I guess it's just an OEM repackage... Anyway, I
> know it supports a TWAIN driver... Now, what the hell is a TWAIN driver?
TWAIN is a software standard for scanners. Unfortunately, it's a standard
that's nearly useless for a Real OS. There's an anemic Mac port, and once
there was a halfhearted attempt to get it ported to OS/2.
Basically, in most cases the fact that it has a TWAIN driver means nada
for using it under Linux. It specifies nothing about the hardware. I'd
really suggest looking at SANE's webpage. There's really only a few
chances for you.
1. Set up SANE, and try each of the drivers, and hope you get lucky.
2. Try running the scanner software under WINE, the windows emulator.
3. Try running the software under windows, and then run WINSANE, which
will make the scanner available to Linux over a network.
4. Wait for someone to write a SANE driver.
5. Write a SANE driver.
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
Microsoft Windows - A mistake carried out to perfection.
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