On Friday 17 January 2003 23:08, Buchan Milne wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Friday 17 January 2003 17:10, Marcel Pol wrote: > > > But it limits you to X Window. So if you run a Mac, you need X Window > > > on there. The same with Windows. Also the server needs at least the X > > > Window libs installed. So you can call it a bit of overhead. > > > > That still leaves VNC as an option.:o) > > But then you still have to transfer the image. OK, this is how it works: > 1)Setup saned on the server (happens to share internet connections as well > etc) > 2)Installed sane-twaing on windows > 3)From paint-shop-pro or Office2k or OpenOffice, choose something like > "Insert->Graphics->Scan->Select Source->SaneTwain, then > Insert->Graphics->Scan->Acquire" (on windows). OpenOffice under linux > works similarly. Gimp on windows also has File->Acquire or simlar. > > This my mom cuold use. VNC, I don't think so. > > Then, I just use xsane under linux (or OpenOffice), and setup the sane net > backend. > > Much simpler, and something people would pay money for (network-able > scanners are expensive ..). > > Buchan
I just opted VNC as 'food for thought' not as a real option for your mom (or mine)=:o) I can understand what you're getting at but this "killer App" thing gives me a kind of retro feel. A lot of trouble to create something a lot of people say they need but won't be using anyway because of the inconveniences it brings about. My personal view could be distorted because I use ssh an -X forwarding quite a lot and share as much hardware as I can. This means I've got gimp running on the remote machine (I hardly ever use xsane directly) that has the scanner, add it (the resulting scan/image) to the project I'm working on (which is rsync'ed daily on all the boxes) , print it using cups (usually on the box where I sit) and burn the resulting demo(remotely again) on yet another machine. Luckily the greatest physicall distance is about 20 mtrs as I usually do have to manipulate the position of the originals on the scanner and insert the blank write-able disk. Scanning, printing and cd-burning take their time so that leaves me the opportunity to start/do some thing else (like mailinglists) in the meantime. Essentially I think X forwarding (or vnc, or whatever) is easier to add to xsane than rewrite/create a saned that does the same, only on a limited scale. In other words: A broad(er) perspective of integrated remote services (web based?) is needed here, not just an xsane copy of cups. Good luck, HarM
