I have an Epson 2580 scanner, which is capable of 16-bit output for each channel, including what it calls monochrome. I'd like to use xsane to preview the old black-and-white photographs that I have, and to set the tone levels appropriately for each photograph, and then acquire the scan with 16-bit depth. I understand that xsane's preview mode is 8-bit only, and that is fine. But it isn't clear to me whether xsane can actually receive 16-bit data from this scanner, because if I click on File->Info, I see that the scanner output depth is 8-bit. Where does xsane get this information, and how can I change it? Is this a limitation of the snapscan backend? I do not have the preference set for reduction of 16-bit to 8-bit on output.
Dale
