[plug] New SANE release on its way

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Bret Busby]
> Can you please clarify something?

I can try. :-)

> From the web page at http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html
> , the HP 5200C is listed as being supported, but, in the rightmost
> column of the table on that web page, the "Manual Page" is listed as
> sane-hp, and, the link tokk me to the page above, which does not
> list the scanner, as "known positively to work with this backend".

It all fits logically together when take into account the update speed
on various parts of an open source project.  The source is updated
first, then support files (config, and description files) and then
parhaps manual pages and the rest of the documentation.  I would guess
the support for this parport scanner is somewhere between support
files and manual pages.  The list of supported scanners are
automatically generated from backend description files, and is likely
to be almost up to date.

Also, as far as I know, the scanner is a TWAIN scanner.

> On the web page at http://www.mostang.com/sane/intro.html , in
> reading the last paragraph, I am a little confused; from what I
> understand, TWAIN scanners are supposed to work okay with SANE, but,
> from reading the paragraph, I am not so sure.

The last paragraph comments on the possibility of making this work.
It does not describe something working at the moment.  It is possible
to make a TWAIN driver on top on SANE, it is not possible to make a
SANE backend on top of TWAIN.

> Are these HP 5200C scanners supposed to work with SANE, especially,
> with the new version?

I do not know.  The only way for you to find out is to test it.  The
HP backend home page would probably have the most up to date
information.
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