Hi, On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 07:50:28PM +0100, Holger Drefs wrote: > HMG> You could try scanimage (command line client) on the server. If that > HMG> works, try to run it "over localhost", i.e.: > HMG> scanimage -d net:localhost:hp:/dev/scanner >image.pnm (add the > HMG> appropriate options). scanimage has also options for batch scanning. > > This works somehow perfect, except that I cannot give a format size like > A4 to scan. ItŽs fast, quiet and reliable.
"scanimage -d net:localhost:hp:/dev/scanner >image.pnm" also works? > HMG> If the first one fails, it's a hp backend problem. If the second one > HMG> fails it's either a backend, net or saned problem. If both work, it > HMG> may be an xsane problem. > > I would say this is an XSane problem, because scanimage works perfect. > ArenŽt there more hints to the problem? scanimage's and xsane's usage of the backends is a bit different so it may be a combination of hp and net/saned problems, also. > >> HMG> I have no experience with the Windows version but the Linux XSane (or > >> HMG> to be more exact: sane-net + saned) don't seem to be influenced by > >> HMG> other traffic. Well, scanning will be slower, but nothing else. > >> > >> hm, I should use a Linux as well. > > HMG> If you ca, that would at least show if the problem is xsane/win > HMG> specific. > > I hope to set up some linux machine soon to test XSane on Linux and > whatŽs the behaviour like. When you do this also test other X frontends like xscanimage and quiteinsane. If those work but not xsane, it's xsane's fault. If everything works on Linux but not on Windows there is probably a bug somewhere in the port of xsane or the net backend. Bye, Henning
