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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">Dear Ulf-san,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">I am sorry that my response is delayed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">Just in case, I have shared your inquiry to the appropriate contact window too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">I.Nakamura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Am 29.11.21 um 07:36 schrieb Nakamura Iwao:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">Thank you for your continuous efforts for SANE project, and merging previous our patch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roman",serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Meiryo UI"">We have supported a few new MFPs (those are selling now) additionally for epson2 / epsonds backend as below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi Iwao,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">can you tell us how bug reporting works for Epson drivers?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I had send the following message several times, but there is no reaction.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-Ulf</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">======================================================</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Bug in iscan_2.30.4-2_amd64.deb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span lang="EN-US">Datum:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sun, 3 Oct 2021 19:47:03 +0200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span lang="EN-US">Von:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ulf Zibis <a href="mailto:Ulf.Zibis@CoSoCo.de">
<Ulf.Zibis@CoSoCo.de></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SEIKO EPSON Corporation <a href="mailto:linux-printer@epson.jp">
<linux-printer@epson.jp></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Hi there,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">I suspect, there is a small bug in iscan_2.30.4-2_amd64.deb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">The problem of the bug is mentioned here: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/gscan2pdf/bugs/389/#04ec/a0ea">
https://sourceforge.net/p/gscan2pdf/bugs/389/#04ec/a0ea</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">And here: <a href="https://gitlab.com/utsushi/utsushi/-/issues/68#note_626389990">
https://gitlab.com/utsushi/utsushi/-/issues/68#note_626389990</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">In my experience, </span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">scanimage --help</span></code><span lang="EN-US"> dynamically adapts its output upon the given options before
</span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">--help</span></code><span lang="EN-US">, i.e., the stated default values of options differ upon them. Please compare:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">$ scanimage --source='Automatic Document Feeder' --scan-area=A4 --help</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">[.....]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">Options specific to device `epkowa:usb:002:003':</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">[.....]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Geometry:</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> --scan-area Maximum|A4|A5 Landscape|A5 Portrait|B5|Legal|Letter|Executive|CD [A4]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Select an area to scan based on well-known media sizes.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -l 0..215.9mm [5.89999]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Top-left x position of scan area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -t 0..355.6mm [0]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Top-left y position of scan area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -x 0..210mm [210]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Width of scan-area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -y 0..355.6mm [297]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Height of scan-area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> --quick-format Maximum|A4|A5 Landscape|A5 Portrait|B5|Legal|Letter|Executive|CD [A4]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Select an area to scan based on well-known media sizes. (DEPRECATED)</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">[.....]</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">$ scanimage --scan-area=A4 --source='Automatic Document Feeder' --help</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">[.....]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">Options specific to device `epkowa:usb:002:003':</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">[.....]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Geometry:</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> --scan-area Maximum|A4|A5 Landscape|A5 Portrait|B5|Legal|Letter|Executive|CD [A4]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Select an area to scan based on well-known media sizes.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -l 0..215.9mm [0]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Top-left x position of scan area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -t 0..355.6mm [0]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Top-left y position of scan area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -x 0..215.9mm [215.9]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Width of scan-area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> -y 0..355.6mm [355.6]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Height of scan-area.</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> --quick-format Maximum|A4|A5 Landscape|A5 Portrait|B5|Legal|Letter|Executive|CD [A4]</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US"> Select an area to scan based on well-known media sizes. (DEPRECATED)</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></code></pre>
<pre><span class="line"><span lang="EN-US">[.....]</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p><span lang="EN-US">The latter still lists </span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">--scan-area</span></code><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">--quick-format</span></code><span lang="EN-US"> as
</span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">A4</span></code><span lang="EN-US">, instead
</span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Maximum</span></code><span lang="EN-US">. In the opinion of the developer of gscan2pdf this is a bug. I too think, he is right, as if frontends rely on this help defaults, the user gets presented the
wrong values in the GUI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Thanks to review this problem,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-Ulf <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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