Karim, I am not a sane developer, but I wonder if you have considered sheetfed scanners like the Xerox Travel Scanner 100? One can make these scan never ending lengths of paper.
Mark sane user 2010/7/10 karim moreau <karimmoreau at gmail.com>: > Hello. > I'm currently working on an artistic project and am looking for someone with > technical knowledge (developer, engineer,?) to help me with advice and / or > assistance. > > Basically, what I am trying to do is to modify a desktop scanner so as to > significantly increase the size of the scanning surface. > > See figure here :?http://www.upian.net/schema.jpg > > What I want to do is, starting with a basic A4 or A3 scanner, to cut it and > increase substantially the scanning surface "B" of the scanner. > > For instance, an A4 scanner uses a 21cm wide sensor that can scan a 29,7cm > long surface, from point "p1" to point "p2" > > The idea is to cut the scanner and to increase its length in order to allow > him to scan a significantly longer surface, up to a point "p3" that could be > 2m from point "p1". > > The material aspect of that project isn't going to be a problem for me. But > what I need help for is the software part of the problem : for the driver of > the scanner has to be partially rewritten or modified so as to allow the > tracks of the scan to run all the way through (point "p3") but also to > produce an image that has the new proportions of the scanner. > > Depending on what you are advising, I'm also ready to invest in a specific > model, if you think the driver of that specific scanner is going to be > easier to reprogram / modify. > > Thank you very much for any input, advice or help : I'd really like to be > able to pull this through, so please do not hesitate to share any thoughts > you have on this, wether you think this is doable or not. > > -- > Karim Moreau > 76 rue de la jonquiere > 75017 paris > 06 22 18 91 55 > karimmoreau at gmail.com > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >
