One of the biggest things lacking in linux is proper scanning support. The Samsung CLX-3170 is an amazing little printer. It's network based and even comes in a wireless version. It uses up toner more than most but it's overall functionality makes up for it. With Samsung's "Smarthru 4" software I was hopeful it was possible to install over Wine and have a fully functional print and scan solution with generated "searchable" PDFs something that is not possible using a scanner on linux. The packaged linux software is at best abysmal and actually breaks cups/xsane. My question is has anybody had any success loading windows printer drivers using Wine? The reason being is that the Smarthru software installs a TWAIN driver. If somehow the software was able to do this you could have a fully functional scanning solution through Wine. Currently this networked printer allows us to use it on Ubuntu through a virtualized XP. Which is ok but still requires a Windows license. Any help installing or mimicing Windows drivers in Wine would be greatly appreciated.
FeraTechInc wrote:> > My question is has anybody had any success loading windows printer drivers using Wine? > > The reason being is that the Smarthru software installs a TWAIN driver. If somehow the software was able to do this you could have a fully functional scanning solution through Wine. >In general, no, you can't install Windows hardware drivers in Wine. However, about a year ago one person did report getting basic (albeit buggy) scanning functionality from a networked Canon scanner and its Windows drivers. http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=2401 Have you reported the problem with the Linux drivers to Samsung?