Comments on: Plug and play: Canon N656U http://tewha.net/2006/09/plug-and-play-canon-n656u/ A blog on technical stuff by Steven Fisher. Cat pictures not included. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:34:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/2006/09/plug-and-play-canon-n656u/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Steven Fisher Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:24:19 +0000 http://objectsatrest.com/2006/09/plug-and-play-canon-n656u/#comment-86 I've no idea why Apple doesn't bundle something like that. Apple seems to include something called TWAIN, but it doesn't seem to work very well. I’ve no idea why Apple doesn’t bundle something like that. Apple seems to include something called TWAIN, but it doesn’t seem to work very well.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tewha.net/2006/09/plug-and-play-canon-n656u/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Anonymous Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:02:03 +0000 http://objectsatrest.com/2006/09/plug-and-play-canon-n656u/#comment-85 It looks like the scanner is supported out-of-the box in the current release Ubuntu, via Sane. This scanner driver was broken in the 5.10 release, but is available in 6.06. I find scanning under Linux especially nice, as you don't have to wrestle with the aweful per-vendor scan dialogs (all scanners use the same UI). Is there a reason Apple isn't installing sane in OSX? Sane supports nearly every scanner out there, quite similar to the printer drivers Apple borrows from OSS. Maybe they're working on it somewhere in the ethereal, hallowed hallways of their campuses ... It looks like the scanner is supported out-of-the box in the current release Ubuntu, via Sane. This scanner driver was broken in the 5.10 release, but is available in 6.06. I find scanning under Linux especially nice, as you don’t have to wrestle with the aweful per-vendor scan dialogs (all scanners use the same UI).

Is there a reason Apple isn’t installing sane in OSX? Sane supports nearly every scanner out there, quite similar to the printer drivers Apple borrows from OSS. Maybe they’re working on it somewhere in the ethereal, hallowed hallways of their campuses …

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