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From: David Gordon Hogan <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] scanner support
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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:58:58 -0400
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> > 'From' memory, the SCSI-2 standard (somewhat stupidly) only specifies
> > how to get data from scanners, and says nothing about the format of
> > the data itself.
>
> That's not particularly stupid -- 9P specifies how to get data but
> not the format of the data itself.

The data in this case is a grid of pixel data.  Now it is true that
the resolution can change, and the number of bits per pixel can change,
but all these things can be handled in a uniform way (c.f. the Plan 9
3rd edition graphics model).