[Image-SIG] sane->PIL->image problems

[Paul Barrett]

George P Burdell writes:

With a name like George P. Burdell, do you really expect someone to
reply to this message?  :-)

 > I have an HP SCANJET and I can't seem to get scanning
 > in Python to work.
 > 
 > Here is code that I am using:
 > 
 > >>> import sane
 > >>> s = sane.open('hp:/dev/scanner')
 > >>> s.start()
 > >>> im = s.snap()
 > >>> im.save('pyscan.tiff')
 > >>>
 > 
 > This creates a file that is 8M.  When I open the file
 > up for viewing, the file appears to repeat the same
 > image 8 times and bottom of the document is B&W.  Any
 > ideas?  I can use xsane which produces good images
 > from
 > scans. 
 > 
 > I have Python1.5.2 (which I must use), PIL1.1.1 and
 > Sane-1.03
 > 

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