Image Capture, twain sane interface, and Snow Leopard compatibility?
I have downloaded and installed Mattius Ellert's twain sane interface in order to be able to use an old scanner. In order to use it with Image Capture, Ellert's FAQ page describes a procedure for selecting the twain sane interface GUI over the native GUI. However this procedure fails in Snow Leopard; I seem to have no choice but to run the native GUI, with extremely limited functionality. The twain sane interface GUI is still there and still works; it is what comes up if I scan from Microsoft Word or Graphic Convertor. But I would like it to work with Image Capture and related Apple software (preview and the print/fax control panel). Does anyone know of a procedure to do so?
Also does anyone know where this GUI actually lives on the computer? I examined the installed file locations specified in twain-sane interface's bom file, and just found a bunch of .strings and plist files in Image Capture/TWAIN Data Source/Sane.ds/Contents/Resources, plus one file under ....Sne.ds/Contents/MacOS called SANE.
The reason you are not seeing this device in Image Capture after installing the TWAIN/SANE stuff is because Apple removed the TWAIN interfaces from Image Capture in Snow Leopard. TWAIN is being deprecated on the Mac. What someone needs to do is develop an ICA/SANE bridge and then Image Capture would work again.
My problem however is not one of seeing the device. I DO see the scanner via Image Capture. What I cannot see is the TWAIN-SANE interface GUI. I see only a GUI with very limited options. Hence I can perform a scan but have very limited control. Does this affect your response? What is ICA?
ICA is the driver framework that the In-OS drivers are all built with, kind of like TWAIN or SANE. The UI will have very limited options (I'm actually surprised it is even finding it). Your other options are applications like Graphic Converter that support TWAIN and will give you the full TWAIN-SANE GUI.
I have a simile problem, Image Capture can see my scanner when it is connected to usb but not through a linux server sharing scanner through xsane.
I have installed TWAINE SANE...but if it is becoming obsolete in mac os x, how can i connect to my network shared scanner? Is there a project for ICA/SANE bridge?
At the moment there is no ICA/SANE bridge and Image Capture no longer supports TWAIN, so the TWAIN/SANE stuff needs a different interface. You can still use it from Applications that do support TWAIN however. If you need something lighter weight then Photoshop, give GraphicConverter a try.
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