On 8/10/08, Dan Tappin <dan.tappin at wavefront.ca> wrote: > Hi Allan, > > I am now looking at the CLI to get this working.
good idea. i never use a gui myself. > Here is my command: > > scanimage --format=tiff --source="ADF Front" --page-width=279.406 > --page-height=431.808 > test.tiff > scanimage: rounded value of page-width from 279.406 to 279.406 > scanimage: rounded value of page-height from 431.808 to 431.808 > scanimage: rounded value of br-x from 215.872 to 215.872 > scanimage: rounded value of br-y from 279.364 to 279.364 > > The output is still 8.5" x 11". I must be missing something here. -x and -y allan > > Dan > > > On Aug 9, 2008, at 4:45 PM, m. allan noah wrote: > > > > On 8/9/08, Dan Tappin <dan.tappin at wavefront.ca> wrote: > > > > > I recently purchased a used Fijitsu fi-4530C scanner and had planned > > > to use SANE as there are no native Mac drivers for this scanner. > > > > > > Couple of issues I can't seem to figure out: > > > > > > 1.) Scan Size > > > > > > I bought this scanner because it can scan tabloid (11" x 17") paper > > > but when I scan all I get is a letter (8.5" x 11") sized cropping of > > > the original. I have played with all the TWAIN options and even > > > selected the "largest possible" scan size. > > > > > > > there should be page-height and page-width options, which defaults to > > US letter. the adf needs to know how big the paper is so it can center > > the width and detect multi-feed via length. the scan area is then > > clamped to the page size. I guess on the flatbed these are kind of > > useless. > > > > > > > 2.) Mac Frontend > > > > > > I have tried ImageCapture, Graphic Converter and a few front ends out > > > there but none of them seem to work properly nor use the ADF feature. > > > Any other options I am missing here. > > > > > > > i dont know anything about mac specific frontends. can you use one > > that works with sane directly like xsane or xscanimage instead of all > > this sane to twain stuff? what you are looking for is a 'Source' > > option > > > > > > > 3.) Duplex Scanning > > > > > > My scanner can scan duplex - is this supported via SANE? > > > > > > > most definitely. set the source to "ADF Duplex". also requires that > > your frontend keep asking for pages repeatedly. > > > > allan (fujitsu backend author) > > -- > > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" > > > > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
