Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > At 10:24 PM 9/10/99 -0400, Jonathan Borden wrote: > >. What I meant to ask, thinking that GIMP is to be used > >in the context of Linux, is whether Linux printer and scanner drivers are > >available for the latest and greatest digital imaging hardware, i.e. > >scanners and printers > > Oh. I thought you Linux types wrote your own drivers. :-) > <ducking and running> > Of course. I usually write my drivers as a break between my silver mining activities and adding lye to my wood pulp. Film is a bit more difficult to make because you need to cook the chicken bones quite a while to get the proper quality gelatin :-) Actually what I am hoping for is that *someone else* has already done this work. In fact Hamrick's Vuescan program is being ported to Linux http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html which would be a great thing if the Linux platform it to be considered for digital photography work. If this is possible I would greatly prefer sinking $1000 into a high quality digital film scanner rather than an expensive software setup. When you realize that commercial (i.e. PhotoCD) scanning costs ~$1/image or $36/roll the expense of purchasing a scanner quickly pays for itself. Jonathan Borden