[sane-devel] canoscan 9000f mark ii

Norayr Chilingarian norayr at arnet.am
Tue Sep 3 23:16:37 UTC 2013


Thank you.


09/03/13 08:23 -ում, Rolf Bensch-ը գրել է:
> Hi Norayr,
>
>
> Am 02.09.2013 14:17, schrieb Norayr Chilingarian:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need a scanner which can scan film (35 and 120) and has a free driver.
>> I need it because I'd like to scan on x86, powerpc and arm
>> architectures, I need to not depend on operating system version, I
>> need driver continue to work with latest glibc.
>>
> You can compile SANE for every Linux platform from source.
>
>> As far as I understand, the canoscan 9000f and 9000f mark ii is
>> supported completely.
>> http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html
>>
> Yes. Except for dust and scratch removal infrared channel is scanned as
> separate image yet. You need to process this by external programs. This
> issue affects all SANE backends with ir support.
>
>> As I have read at the pixma driver page, it seems, the source is open
>> and redistributable. So it fits my needs.
>>
>> Just to make sure, did I get it right?
>> Is the pixma free software?
> Yes, it is.
>
>    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
>    License, or (at your option) any later version.
>
> (from header of pixma_common.c).
>
>> Is it usually included in GNU/Linux distributions?
>>
> We cannot say what software / driver the distros will include in future,
> but today it should be.
>
>> Will it work on later versions of operating systems? It's not binary
>> only, right? So it should work?
>>
> You can download only source code from the SANE website. Binaries /
> Packages are provided from the distros.
>
>> Or you may suggest other photo film scanner which has the free driver.
>>
> If the hardware fits your needs, the Pixma backend is well supported. I
> myself own a CS9000F and can debug any problem with SANE.
>
> Cheers,
> Rolf




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