On Monday 27 April 2009 19:33:27 Rene Rebe wrote: > On 27.04.2009, at 12:50, PaulFransen wrote: > > On Sunday 12/04/2009 12:13 ono at safe-mail.net wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> I can try something like SnoopyPro > >> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbsnoop/), much later. I just > >> left town > >> for (probably) two months and did not take the scanner with me. > >> > >> The proper function of the ADF on my Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 8250 > >> scanner > >> has always been sensitive to the initial position of its feed > >> roller, even > >> when using Windows drivers under the Windows operating system. I do > >> not > >> have access to any Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 8250 scanner other than > >> the one > >> I own, so I do not know if that type of ADF behavior is common to all > >> Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 8250 scanners. ========================== > >> Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 8250 ADF issue > >> Date: 10 Apr 2009 12:56 > >> From: Ren? Rebe<rene at exactcode.de> > >> Apparently from: > >> sane-devel-bounces+ono=safe-mail.net at lists.alioth.debian.org To: > >> ono at Safe-mail.net > >> Cc: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > >> > >> Hey, I'm the Avision backend author, but I do not have this scanner. > >> > >> A year ago someone said the hp8250 ADF worked, no idea what > >> changed or if there are multiple models. > >> > >> If you can send me the usbsnoop log from a windows machine > >> scanning, let's say 2 pages at 200 dpi black&white (to keep the > >> log small) I can see what I can do. > >> > >> ono at Safe-mail.net wrote: > >> Using a live CD of the 20090409 daily build of Ubuntu 9.04 I used > >> the xsane > >> 0.996 application to run my Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 8250 scanner. > >> Scanning > >> seemed to work okay except for the ADF. > >> When trying to use the ADF, the ADF begins to whir without drawing > >> paper > >> from the ADF tray and then an error message is generated by xsane > >> that > >> states 'Error during read: Scanner cover is open.' The ADF hardware > >> on my > >> Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 8250 scanner sometimes functions > >> inconsistently, > >> but this xsane error occurs every time I have tried using the ADF. I > >> noticed some previous messages about a similar problem. > >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2008-November/023197 > >>.ht ml http://bugs.debian.org/521410 > >> Is the ADF issue going to be addressed by some future version of > >> SANE? > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > I think that this issue has nothing to do with (X)SANE. I own a > > ScanJet 8250 > > and encountered this problem recently. It appeared to be related to > > one of > > the detectors not working properly. When I followed the advice in: > > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c0 > >0158021 the problem was resolved. > > > > > > There is another annoying problem with the Avision backend (I think > > but am not > > sure) that remains: it will not allow to use the duplex facility of > > the > > ScanJet 8250. When you put the switch on the scanner to duplex > > scanning, it > > will continue to scan only one side. It works perfectly well when > > using the > > HP software under Windows though... This problem has been reported > > before, > > see: > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2008-November/023196. > >html > > > > Regards, Paul. > > I once added some special ADF mode support, does it not work > if you select --source "ADF Duplex" ? > > (I do not have such a scanner I can not test.) > > When I added this code the tester said it worked.
I am not in my office right now so I will have to look at it again. As far as I can recall there is no "ADF Duplex" option in XSANE. I would love to test it for you if you tell me what I should do. Shall I contact you once I am back (after 11-05-2009)? Regards, Paul.
