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| 6020.1 | | TECO::tecotoo.mro.dec.com::mayer | Danny Mayer | Wed May 21 1997 06:25 | 3 |
| Can you provide a description of what TWAIN is?
Danny
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| 6020.2 | | DECWET::VOBA | | Wed May 21 1997 10:39 | 18 |
| Re .1, blush... i do apologize for making the cardinal sin of assuming
too much.
First, TWAIN is not an acronym. It comes from the phrase "Where the
twain shall meet." The two things of "twain" are an image acquisition
device (e.g. scanner) and an image processing application (e.g.
Photoshop). TWAIN brings those two elements together.
As a glue, TWAIN is comprised of two software components: a data source
manager and an API. The TWAIN Data Source Manager provides an
interface to the device and the API is for the application. The TWAIN
specification describes how these two software components work together
and how they interface with their respective constituent element.
We need to have TWAIN native on Alpha Windows NT since it is the corner
stone of imaging software and hardware solutions.
--svb
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| 6020.3 | While on that track... | SMURF::PBECK | Paul Beck | Wed May 21 1997 10:41 | 3 |
| >TWAIN brings those two elements together.
Hence, the phrase "two to TWAIN"...
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| 6020.4 | HP OfficeJet 350 Support? | TSTPRO::GORR | [email protected] DTN 225-4136 HLO 1-1/Q10 | Wed May 21 1997 11:14 | 21 |
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Would this allow the HP OfficeJet Printer Model 350 to be
properly installed on a Alpha system?
This printer includes a FAX, Copier and "SCANNER" which uses the
TWAIN interface. The printer is bundled with OmniPage Limited
Edition OCR (Optical character recognition) software. This
software does not completely install properly on Windows NT 4.0
under FX!32.
I have not been able to get the "SCANNER" portion of the printer
operational on a Alpha Personal Workstation 433a.
I also have a HP Scanjet 4C with a SCSI interface I would like
to move to an Alpha platform.
_jim
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| 6020.5 | | PCBUOA::KRATZ | | Wed May 21 1997 12:31 | 2 |
| TWAIN: Thing Without An Interesting Acronym.
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| 6020.6 | | DECWET::VOBA | | Wed May 21 1997 13:04 | 8 |
| Re .4, i am hopeful that our current work will lead to that possibility
in the near future. However, our effort alone, at this time, will not
immediately allow the HP OfficeJet 350 to work on Alpha NT if it
currently does not. Several other non-multi-function scanner devices
from HP do work on Alpha NT when controlled via their 16-bit DeskScan
software version. The ScanJet 4C should work via that arrangement.
--svb
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| 6020.7 | | BIGUN::nessus.cao.dec.com::Mayne | A wretched hive of scum and villainy | Wed May 21 1997 23:59 | 5 |
| Given the amount of time to make this happen, and with apologies to Bob Dylan:
it's been a slow TWAIN coming.
PJDM
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| 6020.8 | | CANDOO::GRIEB | | Fri May 23 1997 06:41 | 6 |
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But just think .....
when the NT work is done .... it comes with it's own TWAINing !!!
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| 6020.9 | TWAIN V1.6 Specification | DECWET::VOBA | | Fri May 23 1997 13:14 | 7 |
| Re .-*, it's good to see everyone enjoyed the lex on this one 8^).
I do have several extra printed copies of the TWAIN V1.6 spec. It's
a rather large Word document to pull from the TWG web page. If you'd
like to have one, please send mail to [email protected].
--svb
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| 6020.10 | What do we tell Customers ? | OTOU01::MAIN | NSIS Consultant,Canada,621-5078 | Mon May 26 1997 07:45 | 8 |
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A customer has asked about Alpha NT support of scanners on Compuserve.
Do we have an answer for these type of questions for NT4.x?
TIA,
/ Kerry
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| 6020.11 | | DECWET::VOBA | | Tue May 27 1997 02:34 | 4 |
| Re .10, an answer along the line of .6 is what i would have given.
Today, only HP scanners are supported on Alpha NT 4.0.
--svb
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