Hi all,
I need to perform a scanning of areas which do not meet standard sizes of A3, A4 etc. Those scans have to be loaded and post processed by custom application. The rough idea of my colleague was to disassemble standard scanner and attach optics + electronic (somehow) to a custom device which will navigate it (continuously) through the area (the hardware guy ... I have no idea).
My questions are: 1) Does anyone tried the thing? Go or no go? 2) Who controls the region and sizes of the image/document? Scanner driver/firmware? Can it run in a mode where I say from application -> perform scan -> scanner runs through available area -> image data are returned when it hits the end? Or, someone has to define the area for the scanner and only those data are sent back? 3) Can be this non-standard setup controlled via standardizes APIs (TWAIN, WIA)?
Any suggestions/remarks are highly appreciated.
Best, Jozef