In message <gemini.kulo35003vrwz01r4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Jeremy Nicoll - freelists iyo only <jn.flists.73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > aw29009@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> So I would be able to use a scanner with a scan to PDF button? Or >> would software still be required? > The scanner I have has such a button. The way it works is there's a > pointlessly bloated application which runs ALL THE TIME on Windows (if you > install it - I didn't). Its sole purpose is to look for trigger info being > passed from the scanner. > When someone presses one of the 'intelligent' buttons on the scanner, the > scanner just sends the info that button 2 (or whatever) has been pressed up > to the computer via the USB connection. > The always-wasting resources app says "Aha!" and starts whatever you've > configured - which defaults to an app that can create PDF files (the appeal > of which is mainly that they can hold multiple scans in one document - so > useful for business scans of multipage documents, as much as their > portability). > Likewise the 'copy' button starts an app that integrates scanner image > acquisition with printing to a default printer (it's typical of Windows that > such integration is seen as suffciently abnormal to need a special app!). > The scanner itself knows nothing about PDF. > Even if such a thing could be implemented in RO, what's the point? What I'm asking is if the PDF is sent automatically along the USB cable and so a driver would not be required? From what others have said, it appears a driver is still required and I'd have to buy some old scanner rather than the slimline ones I'd prefer to get. Andrew -- --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support