Re: SANE default scanner
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 12:05:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
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> > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the
> > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE.
>
> It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`.
libsane-hpaio is a backend that conforms to the SANE standard. In what
way is it different from, say, libsane-pixma?
> > What stupid design.
>
> Yeah, I wish they'd just used SANE instead of inventing their own wheel.
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> > As for the hpaio backend, it relies on CUPS to find networked printers,
> > but CUPS will not be always running. What stupid design.
>
> At least they do use CUPS instead of reinventing yet another wheel.
libsane-hpaio needs CUPS to deal with scanners? Imagination is a great
asset. Sometimes!
--
Brian.
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