[sane-devel] [ANNOUNCE] New release of Image Scan! for Linux (2.18.0)

[Wolfram Heider]

Hello Olaf,

good job indeed - chapeau.

Iscan is working fine for GT-2500 on several machines Opensuse 11.0 and  
11.1, 32 as well as 64 bit systems.

But one question - with scanning via network the ADF function isn't  
available (it's greyed out in the drop down menu) - is there any way to  
activate it?

Greetings
Wolfram Heider


On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:08:50 +0100, Olaf Meeuwissen  
<olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> A new version of Image Scan! has been announced[1].  This time there
> is no support for new models, but we have added support for selected
> network scanners.  The support depends on (yet another non-free :-|)
> add-on with which Image Scan! communicates via IPC.
> Also, all plugins that were in the QA pipeline with the last release
> have come out on the other end and have been released.
>
>   [1] http://avasys.jp/hp/page000001300/hpg000001277.htm
>
> I have attached a diff for `epkowa.desc`.  If some kind soul could
> commit that for me I'll appreciate it.
>
> Now for the details:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> iscan-2.18.0                                              (2009-02-13)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  * adds network interface support for the following models:
>    - Epson GT-20000
>    - Epson ES-H7200
>    This requires the iscan-network-nt package, a non-free add-on.
>    For configuration instructions see the epkowa.conf file included in
>    the sources (and typically installed as /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf).
>
> As with the previous release:
>
>> The latest version of Image Scan! for Linux now is (and should remain)
>> available directly from the download page for _all_ models, unless we
>> know for a fact it will not work for a particular model.  For certain
>> models we also provide older, tested versions as a fallback.  This is
>> so you can revert in case of bugs that went unnoticed in the latest,
>> greatest version.
>>
>> # We can't possibly test all the supported models all of the time and
>> # still expect to release in a reasonable time frame.  If you happen
>> # to find a bug in the latest version, please report it[2].
>>
>>   [2] https://www.avasys.jp/secure/english/linux_e/support_form.html
>
>
> This release also includes updated packages for the all the remaining
> plugins that were in our QA pipeline.
> With these new plugin packages we now have the following situation:
>
>
>   compatible with latest iscan (32/64-bit, RPM/DEB)
>   -------------------------------------------------
>     GT-D1000    GT-1500
>     GT-F650     Perfection V10
>     GT-F670     Perfection V200 Photo
>     GT-F700     Perfection V350 Photo
>     GT-F720     Perfection V300 Photo
>     GT-S600     Perfection V100 Photo
>     GT-S620     Perfection V30
>     GT-X750     Perfection 4490 Photo
>     GT-X770     Perfection V500 Photo
>
>
>   stuck at iscan-2.10.0 (32-bit RPM only)
>   ---------------------------------------
>     GT-7200U    Perfection 1250, Perfection 1250 Photo
>     GT-7300U    Perfection 1260, Perfection 1260 Photo
>     GT-9400UF   Perfection 3170 Photo
>     GT-F500     Perfection 2480 Photo
>     GT-F520     Perfection 3490 Photo
>     GT-F550     Perfection 2580 Photo
>     GT-F570     Perfection 3590 Photo
>     GT-F600     Perfection 4180 Photo
>                 Stylus CX4300
>                 Stylus CX4400
>                 Stylus CX5500
>                 Stylus CX5600
>                 Stylus DX4400
>
>
> Although only the ES-H7200 and GT-20000 are listed as supported, there
> is a decent "chance" that the following devices' network interface may
> be usable when you install the iscan-network-nt add-on:
>
>     ES-2000     Expression 1600
>     ES-2200     Expression 1680
>     ES-6000     GT-10000
>     ES-7000H    GT-15000
>     ES-8500     Expression 1640XL
>     ES-9000H    GT-30000
>     ES-10000G   Expression 10000XL
>     ES-H300     GT-2500
>
> # Note that the older the device, the smaller the "chance".
>
> If you want to give this a try, please do the following:
>
>  - comment out the device's entry in the /usr/share/iscan/fs-blacklist
>    file.  For the GT-2500 and GT-15000, comment out the corresponding
>    ES-H300 and ES-7000H, respectively.
>  - confirm that the device works via its USB and/or SCSI interface
>  - if (and only if!) USB/SCSI work fine, add a 'net' entry for your
>    device to 'epkowa.conf' and give that a try
>
> I'd like to hear about your successes (even if only USB or SCSI) and
> failures here on the mailing list.
>
> # There is one model that could have been added to the above list but
> # that is listed as :untested in our epkowa.desc file.  Just for the
> # record, it's the ES-8000, Expression 836XL and GT-12000.  The model
> # name varies with where you bought the thing.
>
> Hope this helps,