Re: HP Scanjet G4050

Ralph Little <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:33:56 -0700
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Hi,
Unfortunately, the transparency unit is not yet supported by the genesys 
backend for this device.
It would take a reasonable amount of work and we don't currently have an 
active maintainer for the genesys backend at the moment.

Regards,
Ralph

On 2026-07-28 05:12, Pierre THOMAS via sane-devel wrote:
> Bonjour,
>
> My HP Scanjet G4050 scanner works fine with xsane for simple images on 
> paper, with my Mageia Linux 10 desktop PC.
>
> But, is it possible to scan diapositives with xsane ?  How could I do it ?
> Even I choose Dia, the lamp in the scanner cover never turns on.
>
> For diapositives, I use my scanner connected to a Windows PC (😳), 
> with the HP software. The software is really not user-friendly, the 
> developers surely never used it intensely ...
>
> Pierre THOMAS 

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    Hi,<br>
    Unfortunately, the transparency unit is not yet supported by the
    genesys backend for this device. <br>
    It would take a reasonable amount of work and we don't currently
    have an active maintainer for the genesys backend at the moment.<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    Ralph<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-07-28 05:12, Pierre THOMAS via
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      <font size="4">Bonjour,<br>
        <br>
        My HP Scanjet G4050 scanner works fine with xsane for simple
        images on paper, with my Mageia Linux 10 desktop PC.<br>
        <br>
        But, is it possible to scan diapositives with xsane ?  How could
        I do it ?<br>
        Even I choose Dia, the lamp in the scanner cover never turns on.<br>
        <br>
        For diapositives, I use my scanner connected to a Windows PC (</font>😳)<font
        size="4">, with the HP software. The </font><font size="4">software
        is really not user-friendly, the </font><font size="4">developers
        surely never used it intensely ...<br>
        <br>
        Pierre THOMAS</font> <lt-container></lt-container>
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