Kodak scanners leap into linux
Kodak scanners leap into linux
March 12, 2009: Kodak is the first scanner manufacturer to integrate both TWAIN 2.0 and SANE Support for the Linux Operating System
It has announced the availability of an open source and production quality scanning application for linux called ScanTWAIN, supporting duplex scanning at rated speed on automatic document feeder (ADF) based scanners, like those available from Kodak. The ScanTWAIN scanning application is available via the SourceForge website and is issued under GPL, Gnu Public License, version 2.
“Business needs continue to generate high demand for specialized solutions and open source systems offer a flexible, effective and affordable option,” said Tony Barbeau, Vice President, Marketing, Document Imaging, Business Solutions and Services, Eastman Kodak Company. “Kodak is pleased to offer new image scanning capabilities and solutions via ScanTWAIN and our TWAIN 2.0 data source, or driver, for LINUX Operating Systems.”
Kodak’s TWAIN data source user interface for LINUX OS provides the same look, feel and functionality as the WINDOWS OS version.
The interface is fully internationalised, with support for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Additionally, TWAIN 2.0 support programmatic control of the scanner without a GUI, enabling creation of custom imaging solutions that separate scanning application components over the network.
Kodak also has released a SANE, Scanner Access Now Easy, driver for those users looking for compatibility with current LINUX OS based imaging applications such as the GIMP, Gnu Image Manipulation Program. More information regarding the SANE protocol and project can be found at www.sane-project.org.
The following KODAK Document Scanners fully support LINUX OS: i1210, i1220, i1310, i1320, i1410, i1420m, A3 Flatbed and A4 Flatbed Accessory. LINUX distributions which are fully supported (user interface requires Mono Version 1.26 or higher): SUSE 10.1+, FEDORA 8+ and UBUNTU 6.06+.