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Joel Rees wrote:
<snip>
> Or, preferably, point me
> to a properly open solution?

have you considered xsane?

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g wrote:

Joel Rees wrote:
<snip>
> Or, preferably, point me
> to a properly open solution?

have you considered xsane?



Sorry, I was not very clear.

I tried scanning from the gimp. IIRC it was xsane that complained
that it could not find the driver. When I went looking, that's when I
found out that the avasys drivers are an opaque blob with a license
that only allows reverse engineering far enough to comply with the
LGPL, no source available.


I suppose I have been using the avasys drivers already in Fedora 7,
but if there are properly open drivers, I would like to use those
instead.


(I am not happy with this printer. Stupid profit-on-the-ink marketing
games. Still, I'd like to use the scanner since I have it.)


Joel Rees

On 平� 20/08/13, at 23:09, Joel Rees wrote:


I found a thread about Kooka being taken out of the distro.

I've been using Kooka with my Epson PM-A850 all-in-one scanner-
expensive-printer, but I have not been able to scan at 1200 dpi.
Now I want to scan at 1200 dpi. I was able to take two scans, then
it wedged. I hit the full scan button and nothing happens. Move
reasolution back to 300 dpi and no problem. Back again to 1200 dpi
and no scan. That was on F7.


So, I decided to boot up my experimental install of F9, and I
discover, no Kooka. Tried the scanner tool, but it complains that
it can't find the sane library for my printer, or that there is
some conflict. I really haven't been messing with loading lots of
stuff, so I figure it's not likely to be a conflict, but I'll check
later, if I can break out some time.


Then I went hunting and found out that Kooka has been dropped.

I also found Avasys. It's a blob. LGPL-compatible licensed. Gag.

Anyone care to comment on Avasys's blobs? Or, preferably, point me
to a properly open solution?


I'll keep looking tomorrow, it doesn't look like I have time to do
anything further today. But if anyone cares to give me a few clues
before I go hunting tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.


(Sempron 2600, Pasokon Koubou's private Librage brand with a K4
mobo, IIRC.)


Joel Rees


Joel Rees
(waiting for a 3+GHz ARM processor to come out,
to test Steve's willingness to switch again.)


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Joel Rees wrote:
<snip>
> Sorry, I was not very clear.
>
> I tried scanning from the gimp. IIRC it was xsane that complained
> that it could not find the driver.

ok.

did not mention what you tried either. :0)

so i ran a google for you on 'epson pm-a850'.

this relates to 'epkowa 2.10.0'

http://www.sfr-fresh.com/linux/misc/sane-backends-1.0.19.tar.gz:a/sane-backends-1.0.19/doc/descriptions-external/epkowa.desc

note lines 25 -> 45.

if you have not seen this before, log;

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&output=linux&restrict=linux

run search against lines 26 -> 34.

also, line 43 [unless that is what you were using].

have you tried line 45?


hth.

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(Apologies for the threading.)


Joel Rees wrote:
<snip>
> Sorry, I was not very clear.
>
> I tried scanning from the gimp. IIRC it was xsane that complained
> that it could not find the driver.

ok.

did not mention what you tried either. :0)


It was a late night when I posted, I'm running^H^H^H^H^H^H^H trying
to run four or five projects at once between semesters, I'm closing
on 50-ish (8-p)), ..., lots of excuses, you see. |-(



so i ran a google for you on 'epson pm-a850'.


Thanks.


this relates to 'epkowa 2.10.0'

http://www.sfr-fresh.com/linux/misc/sane-backends-1.0.19.tar.gz:a/
sane-backends-1.0.19/doc/descriptions-external/epkowa.desc


note lines 25 -> 45.


I'll work through that and see what I can find. Epson's Japanese site
had this list of common printer models on the download page for the
scanner driver for Mac OS X (the family computer here):


CC-500L / CC-550L / CC-570L / CC-600PX / CC-700 / PM-A850 / PM-A850V

at

http://www.epson.jp/dl_soft/readme/819.htm

so that gives me something else to work from.


if you have not seen this before, log;

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?
hl=en&output=linux&restrict=linux


run search against lines 26 -> 34.

also, line 43 [unless that is what you were using].

have you tried line 45?



That looks familiar. I'll have to look in my Fedora 7 partition, to
see if that's what I've got configured there.


And I guess this thread should get moved to a CUPS list or forum from
here.


Thanks again.

Joel Rees

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Joel Rees wrote:
> (Apologies for the threading.)

no problem.

> Thanks.

welcome

> I'll work through that and see what I can find. Epson's Japanese site
> had this list of common printer models on the download page for the
> scanner driver for Mac OS X (the family computer here):

i saw that also.

as many .jp that are now using linux, and now that they have 'their own'
linux, i am surprised that epson has not started recognizing linux.

> And I guess this thread should get moved to a CUPS list or forum from
> here.

where every you feel best results will be. that is what counts.


one last thought. when you buy a '3 in 1', you are asking for problems.
not just in software, but in fact that all systems are in 1 case.

granted, a '3 in 1' cost less, but what do you have when something breaks?

a printer should be a printer, a scanner a scanner. a fax can be a program
running a modem.


> Thanks again.

my pleasure. glad to help. hope that i have.


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