Handling Scanner Button Actions
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I want to be able to respond programatically to the button on my Canon DR-M160 scanner. Here is the results of the initial research conducted.
- http://scanbuttond.sourceforge.net/
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/scanbuttond/files/ - Downloads appear broken
A Linux daemon to poll for USB events from a scanner.
This search turned up a couple of others - both on SourceForge. Pity the download seems broken at the moment!
Attempted to download these examples today (2015-07-25) but SourceForge downloads are broken. the published CVS urls aso do not respond and SVN is down...
Articles
Other Links
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Scanner_Button_Daemon (scanbd)
- http://eduardoluis.com/raspberry-pi-and-usb-network-scanner/ - Using RaspberryPi to setup a network scanner
Here's One
Finally found the solution: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers\Epsone Perfection V500 Right click => Scan Properties Tab Events 'Prompt which program to run' is selected Select 'Start with this program' => done. The issue was not too localized as it applies to many devices with events. It is not a Epson problem to my opinion, but a general customization in Windows, which I failed to discover up until now.