On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM, extobias <extobias at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > m. allan noah-3 wrote: >> >> On 6/7/08, spammed <spammed at get2net.dk> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 09:48 -0400, m. allan noah wrote: >>> In the past few weeks, I have made several updates to the fujitsu sane >>> backend. I don't really have a good list of testers, so I am putting >>> out a call for all fujitsu backend users to please try the current >>> version from SANE CVS. >>> >>> I have done some testing with my fi-5110-EOX and scanimage. The >>> backend+scanimage is from CVS as of 5 June. >>> Particular areas to watch out for: >>> 1. JPEG output is now possible, but will only work with scanimage from >>> cvs, or some other sane 1.1 compliant frontend >>> >>> JPEG output works fine. I?s the compression done by the scanner or the >>> backend? >> >>>the scanner itself. it appears that every fi-series Fujitsu might be >>>able to do this. >> >>> 2. The mechanism for determining the color interlace mode is now >>> automatic, so please see if color scans look weird, particularly if >>> the scanner has done a color scan in windows without being power >>> cycled. >>> >>> Not really tested, but no problems observed. >> >>>if a non-jpeg color scan looks ok, then that is all the testing we need > really. >> >>> ?[...] >>> 4. the scanner device is now named 'fujitsu:model:serial' instead of >>> the system provided name, if the scanner supports serial number >>> detection. please verify that the new name actually matches your >>> scanner :) >>> >>> Model and serial is correct. >> >>>cool. >> ~anoah/fujitsu/ >>> 5. initialization code has changed somewhat, the backend should find >>> scanners if they are plugged in after the front-end starts (requires >>> custom daemon frontend to test, I dont know of any in the wild) >>> >>> Not tested, would need instructions... >> >>>right- i don't actually have a frontend that does this, so lets not >>>worry about it. >> >> I have one, and works. but take more time to scan. >> Sometime it never come back. >> I also tested with the old snap i have (2008-05-08) and >> work really nice.
can you get a debug log of the backend in action when the slowness occurs? >> >>> 6. please test page-width and page-height support, it seems that some >>> cheaper scanners don't work. >>> ?[...] >>> Known issues: >>> ?[...] >>> 2. page-width and page-height don't seem to work for the fi-5110EOX, >>> needs software emulation >>> >>> ?As previously found, page-width is ignored. I am all set to test any >>> improvements on this front :-) >> >>>right. going to need to simulate in software for your machine. i >>>wonder how many others have the same problem? >> >> Im using fi-5120c and works fine, the only condition is that i >> have to set first page-* before setting tl-* and bt-* options. yes- the page-* params control the maximum ranges for tl-* and br-* >> >>> The page-height option works as expected in combination with >>> dfdetect=Length except that dfdiff seems to be fixed at 10mm. >> >>>odd. do you get an error when you set the other lengths? >> >> A long page >>> (paper jam) occurring as the last sheet of a batch is detected only on >>> the >>> next invocation of scanimage. (May be a limitation of the scanner's >>> detection mechanism, or a scanimage issue?) >> >>>hmm, i need to look into that. it is possible that the scanner does >>>not report the error to us until after the page is fully sent, so >> ?t?here is no way to inform the front-end. >> >>> Some additional observations about this scanner, for the record: >>> >>> - dfdetect=Thickness is ignored. >> >>>this machine must not have a thinkness sensor. i wonder if this >>>applies to the S5xx series too? >> >>> - the overscan option seems to be ignored, although I am not sure I >>> fully >>> understand its purpose. The output looks identical, with no additional >>> space >>> at the top. What is the bgcolor option mentioned in the --help -d output? >> >>>when overscan is enabled, the x and y values of the scan area can >>>extend slightly larger than the page width, and the scanner outputs a >>>few mm of the background before the top of the page hits the sensor. >>>if your machine has a white background stripe behind the sensor, try >>>scanning a darker sheet and see if the white background shows above. >> >>>the bgcolor option is only for scanners which have a servo driven >>>black/white background in the adf, such as the fi-5120C >> >>> >>> - the sleeptimer option works, but does not put the scanner as such into >>> sleep mode. It just dims the scanner lamps after the specified interval >>> if >>> no paper is inserted. >> >>>that is fujitsu's idea of sleep, lamp at half brightness, and any >>>operator panel lights off (other than power?) i dont think there is a >>>way to turn the lamp off entirely. >> >>> >>> Btw, there seems to be a bit of weirdness going on if these last two >>> options are both present on the command line (individually they are >>> accepted): >>> >>> $ scanimage -n --sleeptimer=5 --overscan=Off >>> scanimage: rounded value of sleeptimer from 5 to 5 >>> scanimage: setting of option --overscan failed (Invalid argument) >>> $ scanimage -n --overscan=Off --sleeptimer=5 >>> scanimage: setting of option --sleeptimer failed (Invalid argument) >>> >> >>>weird. let me try this myself and get back to you. >> >>>allan >> -- >>>"The truth is an offense, but not a sin" >>>-- >>>sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >>>http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>>Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> >>> to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >> > > Tobias. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/fujitsu-scanner-owners-needed-tp17601796p19311782.html > Sent from the SANE - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
