sane-plustek.5
sane-plustek(5) SANE Scanner Access Now Easy sane-plustek(5)
NAME
sane-plustek - SANE backend for LM983[1/2/3] based USB flatbed scanners
DESCRIPTION
The sane-plustek library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
backend that provides access to USB flatbed scanners based on National
Semiconductor Merlin chipsets (LM9831, 9832 and 9833). If you're look-
ing for parallel-port support for Plustek scanner please refer to the
sane-plustek_pp backend.
SUPPORTED DEVICES
The Backend is able to support USB scanner based on the National Semi-
conductor chipsets LM9831, LM9832 and LM9833. The following tables show
various devices which are currently reported to work. If your Plustek
scanner has another Product ID, then the device is NOT supported by
this backend.
Vendor Plustek - ID: 0x07B3
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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OpticPro U12 LM9831 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0010
OpticPro UT12 LM9831 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0013
OpticPro UT12 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0017
OpticPro UT16 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0017
OpticPro U24 LM9831 1200x2400dpi 42bit 2Mb 0x0011
OpticPro U24 LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 2Mb 0x0015
OpticPro UT24 LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 2Mb 0x0017
Vendor KYE/Genius - ID: 0x0458
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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Colorpage HR6 V2 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2007
Colorpage HR6 V2 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2008
Colorpage HR6A LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2009
Colorpage HR7 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2013
Colorpage HR7LE LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2015
Colorpage HR6X LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2016
Vendor Hewlett-Packard - ID: 0x03F0
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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ScanJet 2100C LM9831 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0505
ScanJet 2200C LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0605
Vendor Mustek - ID: 0x0400
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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BearPaw 1200 LM9831 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x1000
BearPaw 1200 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x1001*
BearPaw 2400 LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 2Mb 0x1001
* see also description for model override switch below!
Vendor UMAX - ID: 0x1606
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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UMAX 3400 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0050
UMAX 3400/3450 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0060
UMAX 5400 LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x0160
Vendor COMPAQ - ID: 0x049F
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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S4-100 LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x001A
Vendor Epson - ID: 0x04B8
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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Perfection 1250 LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x010F
Perfection 1260 LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x011D
Vendor CANON - ID: 0x04A9
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USB Model: ASIC: Properties: Prod-ID
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CanoScan N650/656U LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2206
CanoScan N1220U LM9832 1200x2400dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2207
CanoScan D660U LM9832 600x1200dpi 42bit 512Kb 0x2208
CanoScan N670/676U LM9833 600x1200dpi 48bit 512Kb 0x220D
CanoScan N1240U LM9833 1200x2400dpi 48bit 512Kb 0x220E
CanoScan LIDE20 LM9833 600x1200dpi 48bit 512Kb 0x220D
CanoScan LIDE30 LM9833 1200x2400dpi 48bit 512Kb 0x220E
OTHER PLUSTEK SCANNERS
For parallelport device support see the plustek_pp backend.
The SCSI scanner OpticPro 19200S is a rebadged Artec AM12S scanner and
is supported by the Artec backend.
Only the National Semiconductor LM983[1/2/] based devices of Plustek
are supported by this backend. Older versions of the U12, the UT12, the
U1212 and U1248 (GrandTech chipset) are not supported.
Model Chipset backend
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U1248 GrandTech gt68xx
UT16B GrandTech gt68xx
OpticSlim 1200 GrandTech gt68xx
OpticSlim 2400 GrandTech gt68xx
U12 P98003 u12
UT12 P98003 u12
1212U P98003 u12
For a more complete and up to date list see: http://www.sane-
project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
CONFIGURATION
To use your scanner with this backend, you need at least two entries in
the configuration file
/usr/local/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf
[usb] vendor-id product-id
device /dev/usbscanner
[usb] tells the backend, that the following devicename (here
/dev/usbscanner ) has to be interpreted as USB scanner device. If ven-
dor- and product-id has not been specified, the backend tries to detect
this by its own. If device is set to auto then the next matching device
is used.
The following options can be used for a default setup of your device.
Most of them are also availaby through the frontend.
The Options:
option warmup t
t specifies the warmup period in seconds, if set to -1, the
automatic warmup function will be used
option lampOff t
t is the time in seconds for switching off the lamps in standby
mode
option lOffonEnd b
b specifies the behaviour when closing the backend, 1 --> switch
lamps off, 0 --> do not change lamp status
option mov m
m is the model override switch. It works only with Mustek
BearPaw devices.
m/PID | 0x1000 | 0x1001
------+--------------+--------------
0 | BearPaw 1200 | BearPaw 2400
1 | no function | BearPaw 1200
option invertNegatives b
b 0 --> do not invert the picture during negativ scans, 1 -->
invert picture
option cacheCalData b
b 0 --> do not save coarse calibration results, 1 --> save
results of coarse calibration in ~/.sane/ directory
option altCalibration b
b 0 --> use standard calibration routines, 1 --> use alternate
calibration (only non Plustek devices, standard for CIS devices)
option skipFine b
b 0 --> perform fine calibration, 1 --> skip fine calibration
(only non Plustek devices)
option skipFineWhite b
b 0 --> perform white fine calibration, 1 --> skip white fine
calibration (only non Plustek devices)
option skipCalibration b
b 0 --> perform calibration, 1 --> skip calibration (only non
Plustek devices)
option enableTPA b
b 0 --> default behaviour, specified by the internal tables, 1
--> override internal tables and allow TPA mode (EPSON/UMAX
only)
option posOffX x
option posOffY y
option tpaOffX x
option tpaOffY y
option negOffX x
option negOffY y
x y By using this settings, the user can adjust the given image
positions. Please note, that there's no internal range checking
for this feature.
option posShadingY p
option tpaShadingY p
option negShadingY p
p overrides the internal shading position. The values are in
steps. Please note, that there's no internal range checking for
this feature.
option redGamma r
option greenGamma g
option blueGamma b
option grayGamma gr
r g b gr
By using these values, the internal linear gamma table (r,g,b,gr = 1.0)
can be adjusted.
option red_gain r
option red_offset ro
option green_gain g
option green_offset go
option blue_gain b
option blue_offset bo
r g b ro go bo These values can be used to set the gain and off-
set values of the AFE for each channel. The range is between 0
and 63. -1 means autocalibration.
See the plustek.conf file for examples.
Note:
You have to make sure, that the USB subsystem is loaded correctly and
you have access to the device-node. For more details see sane-usb (5)
manpage. You might use sane-find-scanner to check that you have access
to your device.
Note:
If there's no configuration file, the backend defaults to device auto
FILES
/usr/local/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf
The backend configuration file
/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-plustek.a
The static library implementing this backend.
/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-plustek.so
The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
that support dynamic loading).
ENVIRONMENT
SANE_CONFIG_DIR
This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
may contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories
are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
by a semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the config-
uration file is searched in two default directories: first, the
current working directory (".") and then in
/usr/local/etc/sane.d. If the value of the environment variable
ends with the directory separator character, then the default
directories are searched after the explicitly specified directo-
ries. For example, setting SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:"
would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and
"/usr/local/etc/sane.d" being searched (in this order).
SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK
If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.
Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.
Example: export SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK=10
SEE ALSO
sane(7), sane-usb(5), sane-u12(5), sane-gt68xx(5),
/usr/local/doc/sane-1.0.16/plustek/Plustek-USB.changes
http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/plustek/
CONTACT AND BUG-REPORTS
Please send any information and bug-reports to:
SANE Mailing List
Additional info and hints can be obtained from our
Mailing-List archive at:
http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html
or directly from the projects' homepage at:
http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/plustek/
To obtain debug messages from the backend, please set the environment-
variable SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK before calling your favorite scan-frontend
(i.e. xscanimage).
i.e.: export SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK=20 ; xscanimage
The value controls the verbosity of the backend. Please note, that val-
ues greater than 24 force the backend to output raw data files, which
could be rather large. The ending of these files is ".raw". For prob-
lem reports it should be enough the set the verbosity to 13.
KNOWN BUGS & RESTRICTIONS
* The driver does not support these manic scalings up to 16 times the
physical resolution. The only scaling is done on resolutions between
the physical resolution of the CDD-sensor and the stepper motor i.e.
you have a 600x1200 dpi scanner and you are scanning using 800dpi, so
scaling is necesary, because the sensor only delivers 600dpi but the
motor is capable to perform 1200dpi steps.
* Plusteks' model policy is somewhat inconsistent. This means, they
sell technical different devices under the same product name. Therefore
it is possible that some devices like the UT12 or U12 won't work -
please check the model list above and compare the product-id to the one
your device has.
* Negative/Slide scanning quality is poor.
sane-backends 1.0.16 02 July 2004 sane-plustek(5)
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