I think there are many good programs to manipulate and acquire images from saned scanners.

But I had some trouble in my network configuration. I have a linux debian server which I use as a print server and samba server for some small backup for stuff I seldom use. So why don’t use it also as a scanner server?

I got it, installed and configured SaneD an it worked. With my Windows XP stations I used TwainSane, which IMHO is a good program, at least it does what it promises. But on my MacbookPro? I’ve tried Snac, which works (i think) only for saned scanners attached to the mac (I’m not sure, but I think network is not supported).

Maybe there are many other programs to do the job. But I decided to write my own Remote Sane interface for image acquiring, to use it on my mac. But why don’t make it compatible to other operating systems? That’s a good idea, so I chose to write this program in Java. It will be open-source (or free-software if you prefer) and it uses some libraries called JSane which provide a saned server connection using saned’s native protocol. Today RemoteSaneX is born.

I hope someone shall find it useful. Please tell me if continue its development or if I have to give it up soon…