[sane-devel] xsane support of 16-bit grayscale scanner output

[Oliver Schwartz]

Hi,

> I have an Epson 2580 scanner, which is capable of 16-bit output for each 
> channel, including what it calls monochrome.  I'd like to use xsane to 
> preview the old black-and-white photographs that I have, and to set the 
> tone levels appropriately for each photograph, and then acquire the scan 
> with 16-bit depth.  

Currently the snapscan backend supports 8 bit/channel only. I have some
information for 16 bit/channel so hopefully I'll be able to implement
support for it sometime soon.

/Oliver