[sane-devel] sane-airscan 0.99.30

[Zdenek Dohnal]

Thank you for the new version, Alex!


Zdenek

On 11/19/24 10:07, Alexander Pevzner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sane-airscan 0.99.30 is now available.
>
> Improvements:
>
> - Added "sane-intent" option. This option hints the scanner on a 
> purpose of the scan (Document/Photo/Text and Graphic etc).
>
> Although the exact reaction of setting this option is left to 
> discretion of the scanner firmware, its influence to the resulting 
> image is very noticeable, so adding this option gives user a chance to 
> tune his or her device for the best scanning results, depending on a 
> particular image and scanning purpose.
>
> This option works for both eSCL and WSD, and offers the following 
> variants (depends on the particular device):
>
>   - "*unset*"           (don't send option to scanner)
>   - "Auto"              (WSD only)
>   - "Document"
>   - "Text and Graphic"
>   - "Photo"
>   - "Preview"           (eSCL only)
>   - "3D Object"         (eSCL only)
>   - "Business Card"     (eSCL only)
>   - "Halftone"          (WSD only)
>
> Please notice, device may support only some subset of available variants.
>
> The implementation is mostly contributed by Alvin Wong 
> <alvin at alvinhc.com> (alvinhochun at GitHub), thanks him for that!
>
> See details, discussion and image samples at: 
> https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan/pull/351
>
> Fixes:
>
> - WSD: fixed ADF support on Ricoh Aficio MP 201 (Issue #334)
> - WSD: fixed ADF duplex on Epson Workforce WF-3520 (Issue #339)
> - WSD: fixed serious issues with OKI MC332dn, MC362dn, MB471 (Issue 
> #198, PR #343).
> - WSD: fixed ADF duplex on Brother MFC-9370CDW (Issue #346)
> - eSCL: delay between subsequent image load requests (NextDocument 
> request), initially implemented as a workaround for Brother
> MFC-L2710DW appeared to be a speed limiting factor for the very fast 
> enterprise scanners, like HP Color LaserJet Entrprise Flow MFP X677. 
> So this delay made a Brother-specific quirk.

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Zdenek Dohnal
Senior Software Engineer
Red Hat, BRQ-TPBC