"Felix E. Klee" <[email protected]> writes: > At Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:34:56 +0900, > Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > That's the idea. But unfortunately, it doesn't work - the document gets > cropped. > >> To the best of my knowledge, all EPSON scanners supported by the epson >> backend scan from the edge of the glass plate.
You conveniently snipped this: | Same for the epkowa backend provided the scanner does NOT require | a plug-in. > Really? Then that would be an improvement as compared to the Windows > driver. My scanner is well supported by the Epson backend. In fact > that was the reason for me to buy it. The Perfection 3490 is supported by the snapscan backend. The epkowa backend supports it if, and only if, you install a plug-in. > Perhaps you have access to an Epson Perfection 3490 Photo or a scanner > from the same series (it's the series that just went out of production)? > It would be great if you could try scanning to the edge and let us know > your experiences. I doubt that it works. I had access to such a scanner when adding support for it to the epkowa backend. And IIRC the 3490 needs to have the document centered horizontally. I don't remember if it also needs to be centered vertically, but I doubt it. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen EPSON AVASYS Corporation, SE1 FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/ GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 Penguin's lib! -- I hack, therefore I am -- LPIC-2
