Re: [Gimp-user] Scanner/Camera menu item not available

["Liam R. E. Quin" <liam holoweb net>]

On Sat, 2017-01-28 at 15:19 +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
>
> > Install XSane?
>
> That said, XSane was last updated in 2013, and it's unclear if it's
> even compatible with GIMP 2.8.

Seems to work fine here.

>  API changes in 2.8.x and 2.9.x may be
> not very forgiving to software that isn't actively maintained.

Right now you can only scan 8-bit per channel images with the xsane
gimp plugin, although the standalone xsane is fine.

Is there anything for Linux systems that competes with XSane? the other
scanning programs I've seen are very limited - e.g. can't select a page
area (whole page only) or can't choose bit depth, or can't tell the
scanner to focus on the glass or the film holder, or to use the
document feeder, or don't have a "batch' feature where you choose
several areas on the page to be scanned when you press the button on
the scanner (or the Ok button in the interface).

The xsane gimp plugin is often packaged separately from XSane and
separately from GIMP.


Liam