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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner [SOLVED]
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:42:47
Message-Id: 20170226184224.208bf54d@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner [SOLVED] by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:34:24 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > >> The only annoying feature in this scanner is that doesn't have "auto
4 > >> crop" (windows does) auto-feeder does not work. Scanning small
5 > >> receipts showing black borders on both sides (snapscan borders are
6 > >> white - easier to fax, print).
7 > >
8 > > Is this a feature of the driver or the software you are using? I used
9 > > a Brother AIO devices with Gscan2pdf and the ADF worked fine.
10 >
11 > It might be the feature of the driver (I think).
12 > In Windows ADF works with Brother ADS-2400N but produces same black
13 > border on the side. So it must be Brother's driver.
14 > Snapscan 1500 - ADF doesn't work with "xsane" but side boarders are
15 > white.
16 >
17 > I was under impression "xsane" was the only scanner software available
18 > for Linux.
19
20 SANE is the main backend driver software, but xsane is just a front end
21 to that which may or may not provide all the features you need.
22
23 > I'll try gscan2pdf from overlay and report back.
24
25 gscan2pdf is in the main tree now.
26
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28 --
29 Neil Bothwick
30
31 Crash: (v.) to terminate a program in the usual fashion, i.e. by locking
32 up the computer or setting fire to the printer. (n.) the process of such
33 termination.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner [SOLVED] thelma@×××××××××××.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Network scanner [SOLVED] thelma@×××××××××××.com