The original problem and it's solution did also apply to me; however, I did not find any option in xsane to change compression; I had to change the .drc-file directly under the ~/.sane/xsane directory.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192176 Title: Scanner output always JPEG compressed Status in HPLIP: Invalid Status in Simple Scan: Fix Released Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in simple-scan package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in hplip package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: hplip The hpaio backend compresses the scanned image with JPEG before it is received by xsane. This makes it impossible to scan anything losslessly. Editing ~/.sane/xsane/($scanner).drc to say "compression" "none" Fixes this temporarily. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/192176/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
