<div>Ok, ok, It seemed to me that I was being crystal clear at my explanations, and I'm surprised that a community of OS developpers is so afraid about giving "high level details" about the topic, but I understand that perhaps someone (commercially devoted) deceived you in the past and you want to know more about your recently joined askers.
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<div>BTW, I refer to everyone that answered me for now (thanks for that!) and seemed to be in phase at their answers, but not to any of you in particular. I repeat, I thank you all, not my aim to bore you, only to explain my surprise about the main sense of the answer: tell us more (what in the other hand I totally understand: two hands never shake completely together if one of them keeps half-opened; anyway, I thank you for asking).
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<div>Well, so let's go then. The only thing that was missing in the first description of my needs regarding using SENSE was the final aim of the project (for what I want a 1-line-only scanned image?) and the specific hardware I have. BUT the technical needs are what I just know now and what I exposed in first place:
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<div>-I need to take or scan only one CCD line</div>
<div>-I need to override the motor control to spoil this part of the scanner as I don't need it (and could make my design more compact)</div>
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<div>More details I'm afraid I don't have, except for the two missing ones that I'm not afraid to share: I was thinking about doing something practical with a spare scanner (hp scanjet 4470c) that a friend of mine gave me and I unmounted and studied the thing. I found the CCD, and suddenly I thought it would be a good idea to try to make an SPECTROSCOPE out of it (I'm a Physicist), so I started reading about CCD specs and data sheets (by the way, I was unable to find the correct datasheet for the 4470c's CCD, only a "lower" version: the ILX137K instead the one that it has, which is ILX139K). Days later I tried to find something at the OS community that made the task easier and SENSE appeared to my fingers... you know the rest.
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<div>Apart from that, I'm not in anyway related to any commercial (or non-commercial) organization, or whatever (just in case someone is concerned), I only want to do it for my own curiosity and because I have time now, and that was the reason that moved me to post asking about SENSE: if it couldn't serve my needs, It's time to save time yet!
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<div>Well, I hope this explains all the dim spots for you about the thing. In any case, I'll be pleased to listen (and answer) to you, of course.</div>
<div>Thanks all.</div>
<div>Fran.<br> </div>
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<br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Introducing myself, asking about SANE capabilities<br> (Alessandro Zummo)<br> 2. [PATCH] HP LaserJet M1005 Backend (Couriousous)<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------
<br>From: Alessandro Zummo <<a href="mailto:azummo-lists@towertech.it">azummo-lists@towertech.it</a>><br>To: <br>Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:59:58 +0100<br>Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Introducing myself, asking about SANE capabilities
<br>On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:33:28 -0500<br>"m. allan noah" <<a href="mailto:kitno455@gmail.com">kitno455@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> > standard fb scanner and settig fixed the CCD position (not moving).
<br>> > Well, I hope this is not a big deal to do with SANE, and I will be gratefull<br>> > if some guru points me to meke me assured that SANE is (or isn't!) my path<br>> > to follow through...<br>>
<br>> This comes up on the mailing list every 6 months or so, but noone ever<br>> says what the purpose is.<br><br>so we are NOT going to answer unless someone told us the whole story :-D<br><br>--<br><br>Best regards,
<br><br>Alessandro Zummo,<br>Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy<br><br><a href="http://www.towertech.it">http://www.towertech.it</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Couriousous <
<a href="mailto:couriousous@mandriva.org">couriousous@mandriva.org</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org">sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org</a><br>Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:36:30 +0100<br>Subject: [sane-devel] [PATCH] HP LaserJet M1005 Backend
<br>Hello<br><br>I finally found the time to produce a "clean" patch based on current sane CVS.<br>This is a request for inclusion into sane CVS, so any feedback is welcome !<br><br>Regards,<br>Philippe<br><br>_______________________________________________
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