-----Original Message----- From: m. allan noah To: [email protected] Sent: 6/27/05 6:46 AM Subject: RE: [sane-devel] Batch Scanning.
>>>> The problem is, the backend gives an "Invalid Option?" message that >>> prevents >>>> it from scanning when turning that feature on. >>>> >>>> I can send more verbose output if anyone is interested. >>>> >>>> Tyler. >>> >>> sorry tyler, i have not had a chance to even look at length >detection. i >>> >>> >>> have not a clue just what the scanner does when that is set. >>> >>> very little chance of it being simple :) >>> >>> >>> >>> what size are the finished documents after you scan? all of them 23 >>> inches >>> long? >>> >>> allan >> >> Precisely :-) >> >> I'm assuming that SANE just does a loop until it reaches the scan >area's >> boundary then starts the next sheet? (Or is that a function of >scanadf?) >> >> Anyway, it'd be interesting to get this somehow shoehorned into >> sane-fujitsu. > >actually, it is entirely the scanners fault, i quote from the >beautifully >translated interface manual for the 4097 > >"If the length that is not within the physical length is specified, the >data is padded with dummy data white for the number of bytest exceeding >the physical length before it is transferred." > >so you asked for 23 inches, you get 23. > >from looking at the manual and the code (briefly), i think the backend >gives the options for length detection, but does not actually implement >the code needed to use it. can you give more debugging error info, so i >can see how far it gets? > >allan > > >> Tyler. > I'm on vacation this week, and the scanner is at work. I'll supply debugging output next week. Thanks! Tyler.
