On 6 March 2016 at 03:14, Gerry Butler <butler.gerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have only recently started using gscan2pdf, and I may have a > misunderstanding > about how profiles should be used. Following is the way I assumed I could > use them: > > (1) Suppose I always want to scan business cards with 24bit colour, > 200 dpi, flat-bed, 90mm x 60mm. > > (2) I have just been scanning A4 pages with gray scale, 150 dpi, adf central > align, > 210 x 297 mm > > (3) I assume I can re-load a previously saved profile, called "business > card", which will > set everything to my desired values. > > (4) But it can't, because when I saved "business card" profile, it did not > record mode or > resolution, as they were already 24bit colour and 200 dpi when I saved it. > > (5) I can make it save mode and resolution in the "business card" profile by > making > sure I change every setting before saving the "business card" profile, but > that > seems more awkward than it should be.
I take your point, and I don't think you have misunderstood things. > I have submitted a related bug report about failure to set geometry to 90mm > x 60mm, > although these values are recorded in the profile. This may also be a > misunderstanding on my part. No. I think I have fixed that with the v1.3.9 release. Please test and let me know. > My scanner is brother MFC-8890DW. It shows only a few settings: mode, > resolution, > source (flatbed, adf, etc), geometry. > Perhaps a partial solution might be to save only the common options, or > those > not requiring a restart. I am willing to devote some time to experimenting > with settings and options, if that will assist you. Thanks for the offer. The SANE library doesn't really have common option names. Perhaps mode, resolution, the geometry options and source are, but most backends require a reload on setting mode or source. Perhaps when saving a profile, an additional dialog would be useful: "You have changed options a,b,c. These will be stored in the profile. Please select any additional options you would like stored in this profile". Either that, or perhaps a setting in Edit/Preferences to either store profiles with the current behaviour, or with all available options.
