All-in-one printer/scanner dilemma

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Wednesday 16 May 2007 21:15, Mikhail T. wrote:
> Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> >> I thought, sane talks to the "uscanner", rather than directly to "ugen".
> >> But either way -- the problem is the same...
> >
> > I think "uscanner" grabs the multidevice first, and then "ulpt" cannot
> > attach. Or vice versa. That might still be a problem also. If sane uses
> > libusb to access the scanner part it will work,
>
> You mean, sane may be able to access the scanner part, even if ulpt is
> attached?

Yes, but that may [or can be] change[d].

>
> > but I cannot give any exact date, because I'm very busy.
>
> The "E" in "ETA"  stands for "Estimated", not "Exact" :-) Are we talking
> about July or next July?

We're talking some time this year.

--HPS