[sane-devel] [walterwego at macosx.com: Re: problem with gutenprint 5.1.7]

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> writes:

> Hi Sane folks,

Hi,

Disclaimer: I have no experience with SANE on Mac OS X.

I'm the lead developer for "Image Scan! for Linux", a simple graphical
user interface for SEIKO EPSON scanners and all-in-ones (loosely built
around the SANE API).

> I'm the project lead for Gutenprint (printer drivers).  We have a user
> who's having trouble using Gutenprint with the Epson RX685 using its
> OEM driver on Macintosh OS X; should we recommend that people use Sane
> on OS X with this printer (and other similar printers) in conjunction
> with Gutenprint?  Is there any special advice we should give them in
> this regard?  Does scanning work over a network in the kind of
> configuration outlined below?

A network setup could be made to work by setting up `saned` on the
server machine to accept connections from the client.  On the server
side, `saned` would access the device through a backend that supports
the RX685.  On the client you can then use any SANE frontend via the
SANE net backend.

I'd try using the device on the server machine directly first with a
simple SANE frontend like `scanimage` first.  Next, try using it via
localhost and `saned`.  If that all works, try it from the client.

Note that network related restrictions (tcpwrappers, packet-filtering)
may all get in the way before you even get to the SANE part of the
story.

> I have an RX580 that works fine with Sane (on Linux); unfortunately,
> our OS X expert doesn't have one of these multi-function devices.

Which backend are you using?  I'd hazard a guess that the RX685 works
fine with the same backend.

At least the external `epkowa` backend is known to work (but has never
been tested on the Mac, AFAIK).  It is part of "Image Scan! for Linux"
and available at:

  http://avasys.jp/english/linux_e/

For the RX685 no non-free binary-only parts are needed.

> [snip]

Hope this helps,
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