tyler, myself and oliver schirrmeister are maintaining the fujitsu backend. the support for the fi series is unfortunately limited, i have access to the 4x20 units, and oliver has at least touched one of the 5xxx units. i work on a proprietary app that uses the 4120, and i am currently re-writing it. once i have finished that, i will have a much better handle on the quirks and may find time to apply them to sane.
the 5110 has been reported to almost work on this list as of late, but i am awaiting further info from the user. most of the other fi series units are likely similar, other than the cheapest ones. if you have any C skills and would like to help out, it has been pretty easy to make them at least basically function. if not, and you have a way to give remote shell access or debug logs, i can do some updates to try and make them work. lack of physical access is a problem. allan On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Tyler Hardison wrote: > Hello everyone. > > I'm working on a project to remove a proprietary scanning and document > storage suite. Currently we use Fujitsu scanners, the 4097d and the fi-5750. > Both work acceptably for our purposes in SANE currently. > > The fi-5750 is a little quirky, setting resolution when in lineart mode > causes the scanner to "hang" resetting the device (and killing the SANE > processes) clears this up. > > Ala: > > "Doctor it hurts when I do this." > > "Then don't do that." > > Also, setting resolution in other modes causes the image to "skew" at what > appears to be a linear rate. I can provide samples if needed. > > My question is, given the quirkiness of the fi-5750 have I stumbled on a > scanner that "works because it shares similarities with other units" or one > that was being worked on? > > Also, what of the other fi5xxx series (which we'll be purchasing soon) could > we expect the same results. Which are actually acceptable? > > Thanks! > > > -- Tyler. > > sane-config --version > 1.0.15 > > > > > -- "so don't tell us it can't be done, putting down what you don't know. money isn't our god, integrity will free our souls" - Max Cavalera
