[sane-devel] A possible way to extend SANE API

[Julien BLACHE]

Alessandro Zummo <azummo-lists at towertech.it> wrote:

Hi,

>> SANE_STATUS_GOOD is returned. In order to help the frontend to generate 
>> a progress bar or a nice message, the function will also return the maximum
>> time to wait left (in seconds):
>> 	SANE_Status sane_prepare_to_scan(SANE_Int *max_remaining_time);
>
>  there are buggy scanners that do not return a warming up condition unless
>  you actually start to scan.

And scanners like the Epson Perfection 2480 and friends that tells you
it needs 23 seconds for warmup, then another 8 seconds.

JB.

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