sane-umax_pp - SANE backend for Umax parallel port flatbed scanners
The sane-umax_pp library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
backend that provides access to Umax parallel port flatbed scanners.
The following scanners work with this backend:
Model:
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Astra 1220P
HP3200C
Astra 1600P
Astra 2000P
This backend handles 75x75, 150x150, 300x300, 600x600 and 600x1200 dpi
scan resolutions, in color and gray levels. There is no lineart mode.
These scanners share the same ASIC. Only parts such as CCD and ADC
change from one to another. They even all reports being UMAX Astra
1220P via IEEE1284. There isn't direct way to recognize them properly.
Under windows, model is set by the driver, regardless of the hardware.
EPP MODE ONLY [Toc] [Back]
The current version of the backend use only EPP mode to communicate
with the scanner. PS/2 and SPP mode aren't implemented. It
is recommended that you set your parallel port to EPP in BIOS
with the current version of this backend. ECPEPP will only work
if you use a 2.4 kernel with ppdev character device support.
This backend does support parport sharing only if you have a kernel
with ppdev support.
Note that the backend needs to run as root. To allow user access to the
scanner run the backend through the network interface (See saned(1) and
sane-net(5)). A more relaxed solution (security wise) is to add suid
bit to the frontend (See chmod(1)). The backend drop root priviledges
as soon as it can, right after gaining direct access to IO ports.
This backend expects device names of the form:
port addr
Where addr is the base address of the port your scanner is attached to.
Known ports are 0x378 (lp1) 0x278 (lp2) and 0x3BC (lp0). Note that if
you are using a Kernel 2.2.x or better , the first parallel port is
named lp0 regardless of the base address. However, this backend
requires the base address of your port. If you are not sure which port
your scanner is connected to, have a look at your /etc/conf.modules.
You can rename any device using the
name devname
model model
vendor vendor
options. These options apply to the last port option.
Please make sure to edit umax_pp.conf before you use the backend.
The contents of the umax_pp.conf file is a list of options and device
names that correspond to Umax scanners. Empty lines and lines starting
with a hash mark (#) are ignored.
The height options supported are red-gain, green-gain, blue-gain, red-
highlight, green-highlight, blue-highlight, astra, and buffer.
Options red-gain , green-gain and blue-gain allow you to adjust the
sensitivy of your scanner for the given color. Values range from 0
(lowest gain) to 15 (highest). When all three gains are set to 0, the
backend does auto gain tuning.
Options red-highlight , green-highlight and blue-highlight allow you to
adjust the highlight of your scanner for the given color. Values range
from 0 (lowest highlight) to 15 (highest).
Option astra allows you to change the model of your scanner. Current
auto detection is based on side effects on scanning when using 1220P
command set on other models, so it may fail on unkown hardware combination.
Valid values are 1220, 1600 and 2000.
Option buffer allows you to change the size of the scan buffer. The
size must be specified in bytes. The default value is 2 megabytes.
/etc/sane.d/umax_pp.conf
The backend configuration file (see also description of
SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).
/usr/lib/sane/libsane-umax_pp.a
The static library implementing this backend.
/usr/lib/sane/libsane-umax_pp.so
The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
that support dynamic loading).
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 configuration
file is searched in two default directories: first, the
current working directory (".") and then in /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 directories. For example, setting
SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories
"tmp/config", ".", and "/etc/sane.d" being searched (in this
order).
SANE_DEBUG_UMAX_PP [Toc] [Back]
If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.
E.g., a value of 128 requests all debug output to be printed.
Smaller levels reduce verbosity.
level debug output
------- ------------------------------
0 nothing
1 errors
2 warnings & minor errors
3 additional information
4 debug information
5 code flow (not supported yet)
6 special debug information
SANE_DEBUG_UMAX_PP_LOW [Toc] [Back]
This variable sets the debug level for the SANE interface for
the Umax ASIC. Note that enabling this will spam your terminal
with some million lines of debug output.
level debug output
------- -------------------------------
0 nothing
1 errors
8 command blocks
16 detailed code flow
32 dump datafiles
255 everything
sane(7), sane-net(5), saned(1)
For latest bug fixes and information see
http://umax1220p.sourceforge.net/
Stephane VOLTZ <[email protected]>, man page derived from mustek_pp man
page by Jochen Eisinger <[email protected]>
If something doesn't work, please contact me. But I need some information
about your scanner to be able to help you...
SANE version
run "scanimage -V" to determine this
the backend version and your scanner hardware
run "SANE_DEBUG_UMAX=255 scanimage -L 2>log" as root. If you
don't get any output from the umax_pp backend, make sure a line
"umax_pp" is included into your /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. If your
scanner isn't detected, make sure you've defined the right port
address in your umax_pp.conf.
the name of your scanner/vendor
also a worthy information. Please also include the optical resolution
and lamp type of your scanner, both can be found in the
manual of your scanner.
any further comments
if you have comments about the documentation (what could be done
better), or you think I should know something, please include
it.
28 April 2001 sane-umax_pp(5)
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