Hi Stratadrake, I am very sad to hear that GIMP on Mac doesn't support direct scanning. I was very got used to this feature on Windows. In the User Manual of GIMP I can read that in the File directory one can find the Create -- > from Scanner button if there is an Image Capture device installed.
But now coming back to your questions: -I tested the scanner feature on two scanners: -Samsung m2017 which is the scanner/printer http://www.samsung.com/de/business/support/model/SL-M2070FW/XEC -Canon Lide 210, which is the dedicated scanner https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/scanners/photo-scanner/canoscan-lide-210 In both cases I installed the newest version of the drivers and I can use the both scanners using Samsung/Canon tools, or Mac tools like Image Capture or printer/scanner from the settings-->printer/scanner. Both producers claim the drivers are TWAIN compatible. Maybe the community could develop this feature for MAC? Thank you and best regards Zig I was about to download the sane libraries to tackle the problem but then I saw that SANE doesn't support my backends. >If you're talking about the window and controls that appear when >you're configuring how you want it to be scanned (e.g. exposure, >brightness/contrast, crop area, etc.), this part actually *isn't* >GIMP's doing at all. It's actually managed by the software drivers >installed on your system, and GIMP is simply calling on it to deliver >a scanned image. > > >And, as the other person already stated, GIMP simply has NO scanner >support on Mac. Whatsoever. At all. > > >However, like I was trying to say earlier, this isn't the end of the >story. You can still access the scanner in some capacity outside of >GIMP (preferably with comprehensive exposure controls), then open the >resulting saved image in GIMP. I can't be of 100% help here since I >don't have a Mac myself to work on, but I might be able to look up >some steps if you answer these questions: > > >1 - Is it a dedicated scanner, or a printer/scanner combo unit? > >2 - What brand and model number is it? > > >If I know that, I can start searching for answers. > > >-- Stratadrake >[email protected] >-------------------- >Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. -- Zbig (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
