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<H1>RE: Getting compressed B/W image data from Fujitsu M3096GXm scann er</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Armistead, Jason (<A HREF="mailto:armistej@oeca.otis.com?Subject=RE:%20Getting%20compressed%20B/W%20image%20data%20from%20Fujitsu%20M3096GXm%20scann er&In-Reply-To=<3CB744EAA897D211BB890008C728AEA8059E5F97@otausminexs.au.otis.com>"><EM>armistej@oeca.otis.com</EM></A>)<BR>
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<STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Mon Feb 05 2001 - 17:11:56 PST
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Thanks to Nick and Abel for explaining some background to me.
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<P>While I agree that the use of parallel port and USB scanners is important to
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the "low-end" Linux home users, of which there are clearly a large number
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enjoying their membership of the "GNU generation", I think there is a
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compelling argument for supporting the departmental and high-end SCSI
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scanners as used by corporate users too.
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<P>More and more the press is focussed on the transition of Linux from a
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backyard hobbyist toy into serious corporate datacentre application.
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Nowadays, Linux receives very positive press regarding its ability to fulfil
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all sorts of corporate roles, besides just being a cute and cheap system
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running the Apache web server. The "big iron" hardware manufacturers like
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IBM and Compaq, and major software vendors like Oracle are taking Linux
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seriously enough to devote resources to Linux product development.
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<P>Where scanning is concerned, SANE is really *THE* enabling technology for
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Linux (and a number of other Unixes too). The commercial offerings are few
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and far between.
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<P>Rather than putting our heads in the sand and pretending the more "serious"
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scanners don't exist, at the very least we should work to ensure that there
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is room to grow SANE to support them. If that means some tweaks to the
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interface are required, then we need to consider that on its merits. If it
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doesn't affect 95% of SANE's users, but can be implemented without breaking
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any functionality, then we should consider doing it.
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<P>I'm not suggesting that hundreds of people rush to support the needs of just
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a few "high end" users - I'm prepared to do my part to support the effort so
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that all can enjoy the benefits.
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<P>Just for a moment, imagine if Linus had limited Linux to running on 286
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architecture using ST-506 MFM hard drives with no more than 20Mb capacity
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and EGA monitors ...
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<P>If SANE is going to be stagnate, we might as well re-name it to "in-SANE !",
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or "mun-DANE" or "down-the-DRAIN".
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<P>My $0.02
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<P>Jason
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<P>-----Original Message-----
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From: Nick Lamb [mailto:<A HREF="mailto:njl98r@ecs.soton.ac.uk?Subject=RE:%20Getting%20compressed%20B/W%20image%20data%20from%20Fujitsu%20M3096GXm%20scann er&In-Reply-To=<3CB744EAA897D211BB890008C728AEA8059E5F97@otausminexs.au.otis.com>">njl98r@ecs.soton.ac.uk</A>]
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Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2001 11:40
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To: <A HREF="mailto:sane-devel@mostang.com?Subject=RE:%20Getting%20compressed%20B/W%20image%20data%20from%20Fujitsu%20M3096GXm%20scann er&In-Reply-To=<3CB744EAA897D211BB890008C728AEA8059E5F97@otausminexs.au.otis.com>">sane-devel@mostang.com</A>
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Subject: Re: Getting compressed B/W image data from Fujitsu M3096GXm
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scann er
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<P><P>On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:12:21PM +0100, abel deuring wrote:
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<EM>> in July or August 1999 was a larger discussion on the Sane mailing list
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<EM>> about a new version of the Sane standard, including the question about
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<EM>> more data formats. Technically quite interesting, I think. Unfortunately
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<EM>> the debate ended up in some not very polite arguments. Since this time,
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<EM>> nobody dared to pick up the topic again.
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<P>While it's a convenient excuse that I killed this discussion because
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my arguments about the technical content were too much, I think it's
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more the case that 99% of list members neither know about nor care about
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this stuff. They're mostly looking for simple scanner support for
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~$100 scanners which will get their photos or documents into Linux.
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<P>We get two or three people a year looking for G3 or JPEG in SANE, versus
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two a week wanting support for obscure $50 parport scanners. The result
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is that not a lot of work is getting done on SANE 2.0, although I did
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finally complete my transfer mini-thesis so I might have more time now.
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<P>Nick.
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