pnm format is generally host byte order specific. i bet you get big endian data from scanner, but you are on a little endian platform?
allan On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Nicolas <nicolas.martin at freesurf.fr> wrote: > We are doing first tests in 16 bits mode with TPU on PIXMA MP970, but > the images obtained are messed up. I'm wondering if this comes from the > image format. > Which backend are you using for 16 bits scans ? > Maybe you know also which image format it uses ? > > > > Le samedi 04 octobre 2008 ? 06:57 +0200, stef a ?crit : >> Le Friday 03 October 2008 08:15:34 Nicolas, vous avez ?crit : >> > Ok, thanks a lot for this clarification, I understand that 16 bits per >> > color images are supported by the standard, so no special scaling would >> > be necessary. >> > >> > But do you or someone knows if scanimage or Xsane can handle 16 bits per >> > color appropriately ? >> > >> > Nicolas >> > >> >> Hello, >> >> I know that XSane and kooka handle 16 bits scans nicely. I use both >> for 16 >> bits scans with the genesys backend. >> >> Regards, >> Stef >> > > > -- > 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 > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"