[iyonix-support] Re: Scanners
- From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:05:15 +0000
On 13 Dec, aw29009@xxxxxxxxx wrote in message
<889a37c950.Andrew@xxxxxxxx>:
> In message <gemini.kulo35003vrwz01r4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Jeremy Nicoll - freelists iyo only
> <jn.flists.73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The scanner itself knows nothing about PDF.
>
> What I'm asking is if the PDF is sent automatically along the USB cable
> and so a driver would not be required?
And Jeremy answered: no, it isn't. The scanner sends raw data to the PC;
software on the PC makes the PDF.
> 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.
Welcome to RISC OS... :-)
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