On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 12:05:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the > > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE. > > It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`.
libsane-hpaio is a backend that conforms to the SANE standard. In what way is it different from, say, libsane-pixma? > > What stupid design. > > Yeah, I wish they'd just used SANE instead of inventing their own wheel. > > > As for the hpaio backend, it relies on CUPS to find networked printers, > > but CUPS will not be always running. What stupid design. > > At least they do use CUPS instead of reinventing yet another wheel. libsane-hpaio needs CUPS to deal with scanners? Imagination is a great asset. Sometimes! -- Brian.
