Dan McGhee wrote: > Dale Braden wrote: > >> I am using xsane v0.97 together with the snapscan backend (from >> sane-backends v1.0.15) to drive an Epson 2580 Photo scanner. I'm >> scanning old black and white photographs. Scanning works fine, but >> the preview does not. When I click the "Acquire Preview" in the >> xsane Preview window, only streaks of black and white lines show up. >> I don't actually see anything like the image I'm trying to scan. I >> hear the scanner's motor run, but I notice that the light source does >> not move as it would during a regular scan. I don't know how to tell >> the scanner to do a "preview" without using xsane, so I can't >> determine whether the problem is with the scanner driver or with >> xsane. Anybody know what the problem is? >> >> Dale >> >> > I do not know what specifically the problem is. I get the same > results using avision (HP 5370C), xsane or xscanimage. Therefore, I > don't think it's a backend problem. (I got my scanner working just > today.) > > In my preview window I get a grey background with thin, randomly > placed colored lines. I haven't checked the light moving, but my > "real" scans are nice once I get the gamma, contrast and brightness set. > > I thought I might have to re-compile sane-frontends, but I compiled > xsane after sane-backends-1.0.16 (using Rene Rebe's most recent patch > for avision), and got similar results. I just wanted to validate your > situation. > > Dan > I screwed up and didn't get this on the list.
Dan
