Sane continuous paper scanning

many scanners have internal limits on the length of a scan.
even the 
high-dollar fujitsus usually have a 35 inch limit. this is
not a driver 
problem, but a scanner firmware problem. you may be able to
find some 
particular scanner that does not have this limitation.
contact the 
manufacturers?

allan

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Brad J. Sercombe wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> My apologies if this is in a FAQ somewhere, but if it
is I couldn't find it!
>
> I have a couple of different scanners, all suffer
windows limitation on page sizes.
>
> Being in the petroleum industry I often have a need for
scanning documents which may be 8.5 or 14 inches wide but
could be up to 50 feet long.
>
> Does SANE allow continuous scanning to a PDF file for
products with document feeders (such as the Epson perfection
4180 photo or the Ricoh IS-330)?? Hacking the registry in
windoze didn't help - can't say that surprises me! I just
don't see why if I'm reading data from USB and writing it to
a file why the length of the page should be constrained
short of the file size limit for your filesystem!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Brad Sercombe
> (brought to you by the "before I spend hours
installing Debian and getting SANE running" department
/. )
>
>
>

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On Friday 06 October 2006 13:32, m. allan noah wrote:
> many scanners have internal limits on the length of a
scan. even the
> high-dollar fujitsus usually have a 35 inch limit. this
is not a driver
> problem, but a scanner firmware problem. you may be
able to find some
> particular scanner that does not have this limitation.
contact the
> manufacturers?

The latest Avision AV220C2 can nearly scan 1 meter. And I
was told by an 
Avision developer that I can get a firmware mod to scan any
range you want.

If you want to give it a try just drop me a note and I'll
contact them 
regarding this special firmware flavour.

Yours,

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