[sane-devel] improve HP scanner support information

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

At least the current HPLIP version 3.9.8 sources contain a
scan/sane/hpaio.desc
file which is - as far as I see - exactly what is needed.

I think the only missing link is someone at HPLIP who
actually sends their current up-to-date hpaio.desc file
to the SANE project people.


On Sep 17 15:03 m. allan noah wrote:
>
> we have such a link:
>
> http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-external.html#S-HPAIO
>
> If the hplip guys would make a .desc file for their backend, we would
> put it in our site, and it would show up in the search engine. The
> Epkowa guys do this. Perhaps you could ask hplip...
>
> allan
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, David Fourer <dfourer at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Now that my HP scanner is working smoothly, I hope to get some information
>> added to sane-project.org pages.  Specifically,
>> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
>>
>> HPLIP (hplipopensource.com) has scanner support for all HP multi-function
>> scanner/printers such as HP Deskjet, HP Photosmart, and HP Laserjet.  SANE
>> has little support.
>> SANE has support for HP Scanjet and all single-function scanners.  HPLIP
>> does not.
>>
>> There seems to be a division of labor here.
>> HPLIP and SANE  drivers integrate into Ubuntu and Xsane.  They are both
>> installed by default in Ubuntu--but I didn't know about the HPLIP drivers.
>>  I needed to go to the HPLIP site because I had a new printer/scanner, and
>> needed the newest driver download.
>>
>> I notice that HPLIP has a link to SANE for single-function scanners.
>> Can we get a link added to the SANE web site?
>>
>> David


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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