# Re: Twain interface

From: Peck Dickens (peck_d@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Apr 16 2001 - 11:55:29 PDT

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  On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:16:51 +0100
  Nigel Feltham <nigel.feltham@libertysurf.co.uk> wrote:

  > Some SCSI scanners can already be used under WINE running windows twain
  > applications using an emulated ASPI layer and Printer port scanners work by
  > allowing SANE to allow windows apps to directly access printer port - if this
  > can be made to work for USB as well and a SANE wrapper could be written to
  > appear to the Linux Frontend as a normal SANE device and to the Windows Twain
  > driver as a Standard Windows Twain application then the only difference to
  > the user between a true SANE backend and a windows Driver using the SANE
  > wrapper would be having 2 dialogs displayed (the SANE scan dialog and the
  > TWAIN scan dialog) but many windows twain drivers can have their scan dialog
  > bypassed.

  Oy. The above sure sounds ugly to me. I do not use windows or even own a copy
  of windows. The above describes a Lindows installation with layer after layer
  of drivers and emulations... If you gonna do this why even use Linux?

  Best

  M. Peck Dickens

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