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Kodak releases scanning application for Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 2 comments
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Kodak has released a free scanner application for Linux called ScanTWAIN that promises "production quality scanning." The software is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) version 2 and comes with a complete GUI that supports all of the options of its Windows counterpart. Support is included for duplex scanning with automatic feeding of multiple pages through an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).

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theboomboomcars ·
but why did they release a new back end rather than improve the sane backend. I can understand making a new interface. Sane is a good stable backend for scanning, it is just lacking on some functionality on some scanners. Though since this is released under GPL the sane developers can use some of the code to add the missing functionality.

Either way this is nice that there are getting to be more options for a scanner when my epson eventually dies.
Bob_Robertson ·
> but why did they release a new back end rather than improve the sane backend

Not Invented Here.

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