Simple Scan

  1. Bug #891586
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 891586

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Michael Nagel (nailor) wrote :

Robert Ancell wrote:
I'm not opposed to a patch getting simple-scan to use "x-resolution" and "y-resolution" if "resolution" does not exist or does not contain the requested resolution (though that seems like it should be considered a driver bug).

I do not think it has to be considered a driver bug.

As Olaf writes:
Indeed [Simple Scan] should [support independent x/y resolution]. As a matter of fact, the SANE API doesn't even
guarantee that you can use [the same resolution for x/y] :-) See section 4.5.2 of the [SANE] specification for details.

In practice most scanners do support at least some resolution with identical x/y resolution, but it should not be taken for granted and the independent solution should not be some feature request but considered part of using the API properly.

It does not need to be fixed immediatly (because obviously it works without a lot of times), but we should keep an eye on it...