HPscan V2.0 for OS/2 released:
- HobbesArchive
HPscan is a frontend for scanimage.exe (sane) that works with the HP hpaio library (HP scanners) and (possibly all) scanners that use a conf file
V2 Updates March 2025
Interface changed from V1 (which used a Tabbed Notebook)
Added a Settings button to open the Settings page
Added code to "automate" completion of scanimage.exe, nconvert.exe and URI
completion for hpaio connected scanners
Options moved (from Setting tab in V1) to dropdown Menu items on main form
Added the option Parameters; when Checked this displays a message showing the
scan parameters with the option to Cancel the scan
Preview image can be displayed in a choice of sizes:-
430 x 592 dpi
538 x 740 dpi
645 x 888 dpi
Recoded image area selection to scan selected (crop) area more accurately
Add TIFF and PNG options to File Save As... dialog
Add code to ensure filename extension and file type match
Recode scanimage command line to use
"--format=" to specify file type pnm/tiff/png/jpeg
"--output-file=" to save scan to specified file
Store last used File, Save As... Path for next use
Store last used File Type for next use
HPscan V2.0 is available in ZIP and WPI (Warpin) packages.
Source: Pete Brown