[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 1670 first tests & firmware URL

2003-12-01 Thread Oliver Schwartz
=2DBEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, > The 1600 dpi maximum resolution is not available. This should be fixed in the latest CVS version (you may want to try=20 one of the daily CVS snapshots from=20 http://www.sane-project.org/snapshots/ ) =2D -Oliver =2DBEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

[sane-devel] Snapscan on Mac OS X 10.3

2003-12-01 Thread Oliver Schwartz
=2DBEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, > Some more informations: > scanimage starts to see the scanner at SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_USB=3D8. > With this setting, I was able to scan an image successfully. no idea why this should happen. My best guess is a timing issue, but=20 I'm just clutchi

[sane-devel] On the Scanjet 2300C (and Mr. Profeta)

2003-12-01 Thread Bertrik Sikken
Mickael Profeta wrote: > Jason Anderson wrote: > >> Since I don't know much about writing drivers for Linux, I would like >> to see what Mike Profeta has accomplished on writing a driver. He has >> mentioned that the is writing a driver for the 3670, and they're both >> similar. > > > I wou

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Major A
> The alternative might be to try UV cleaning, though I suspect that the > idea of illuminating precious negatives with UV might not be welcome. I guess that's related to the fact that the UV light would be absorbed by the emulsion -- which means UV cleaning would probably not work very well. > S

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
Note: please don't cc or reply directly. and...@users.sourceforge.net said: > Agreed. I think there should be a sanei_* library that allows the code > to be used in frontends or meta-backends, whichever solution is best. > (Just think of a network scanner that is accessed by a handheld device > --

[sane-devel] On the Scanjet 2300C (and Mr. Profeta)

2003-12-01 Thread Mickael Profeta
Jason Anderson wrote: > Since I don't know much about writing drivers for Linux, I would like to see > what Mike Profeta has accomplished on writing a driver. He has mentioned > that the is writing a driver for the 3670, and they're both similar. I would be glad to show you what I have done, bu

[sane-devel] Multiscan feature for coolscan2 backend

2003-12-01 Thread Major A
> has anyone attempted to use the Multiscan feature of certain Nikon film > scanners? Being the naive fellow I am, this should work by "setting a > flag" on the scanner and either it would do everything in hardware or it > would send the several scans "in raw" to the driver. Not yet. I'll do it ea

[sane-devel] About the HP Scanjet 2300C

2003-12-01 Thread Mickael Profeta
Jason Anderson wrote: > Does anyone have further information on the HP Scanjet 2300C? I will try to > write a driver for it and any information on it would be appreciated. I know > that one person has made some strides and I will look at their work. Hi This scanner is said to be similar to 24

[sane-devel] Epson gt-8000 transparency experiment

2003-12-01 Thread Bart Buitinga
Just the correct version of three broken URL's... http://www.xs4all.nl/~labrat/downloads/es600cua.pdf http://www.xs4all.nl/~labrat/downloads/wlens.jpg http://www.xs4all.nl/~labrat/downloads/wscreen.jpg Bart Buitinga

[sane-devel] Epson gt-8000 transparency experiment

2003-12-01 Thread Bart Buitinga
I found a user level description of the Epson GT80FLU Transparency unit (see http://www./xs4all.nl/~labrat/downloads/es600cua.pdf ) for some of the GT series and it declares a lot of the difficulties: 1. This TPU is not just a hood with a lamp; it contains a carriage with either a lamp or a sensor

[sane-devel] Scanning with CX6400

2003-12-01 Thread David Masterson
Hi, I'm trying to set up my new CX6400 for scanning, and I've tried some of the ideas given on this list and on the epson printing list. Someone asked for some specific output from commands, so here ye go (I've added a line to my epson.conf file as described in an earlier mail to this list): dave

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Major A
> I think that IR cleaning is a front end task personally. For starters > you can tweek the IR cleaning parameters after the image has been > scanned if you are not happy with the default ones, without having > to scan the image again. Agreed. I think there should be a sanei_* library that allows

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
and...@users.sourceforge.net said: > That's good news. I'm quite sure it's a software-only solution, i.e. > one can apply it to the older Coolscans as well. Or they have switched to a longer IR wavelength in the scanners, which seems more probable to me. JAB. -- Jonathan A. Buzzard

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
and...@users.sourceforge.net said: > You can either do IR cleaning during scanning, in which case the user > can maybe set a few parameters and then gets a cleaned RGB image. This > approach would be possible with SANE1, provided the backend cleans the > image. Or you can scan the RGBI image, and t

[sane-devel] Epson gt-8000 transparency experiment

2003-12-01 Thread Till Kamppeter
Bart Buitinga wrote: > > I think I'll just keep the GT-8000 for the countless things it's good > at, and look for a more primitive one for this project. > > Thank you all for your attention and good luck with your project, > Try to get a (used) Epson Perfection 2450 Photo. It has a fixed TPU l

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Nils Philippsen
Hubert Figuiere said: > On lun, 2003-12-01 at 09:42, Nils Philippsen wrote: > >> > > You mean e.g. not giving up on Kodak slides? I have many of this >> type, >> > > so I'll love to have it as well. >> > >> > I assume you mean Kodachrome? I think it's possible to do IR cleaning >> >> Yes. >> >> > o

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Major A
> The problem with Kodachrome is the same as it is with B&W negative film. > The sensitive emulsion contains a large amount of silver and this > materiel does produce something when scanning with IR, unlike it is done > with conventionnal C41 or E6 emulsions. Hmmm. Kodachrome emulsions don't conta

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Major A
> > This IR data is the raw data which contains quite a lot of red > > information as well, for most films. You need to extract the pure IR > > information, and that's probably best done by adding the cubic roots > > of the four channels with appropriate weighting factors and then raise > > the res

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On lun, 2003-12-01 at 09:42, Nils Philippsen wrote: > > > You mean e.g. not giving up on Kodak slides? I have many of this type, > > > so I'll love to have it as well. > > > > I assume you mean Kodachrome? I think it's possible to do IR cleaning > > Yes. > > > on Kodachrome, but it's a lot hard

[sane-devel] On the Scanjet 2300C (and Mr. Profeta)

2003-12-01 Thread Jason Anderson
Since I don't know much about writing drivers for Linux, I would like to see what Mike Profeta has accomplished on writing a driver. He has mentioned that the is writing a driver for the 3670, and they're both similar. -- ___ Sign-up for A

[sane-devel] Digital ICE support

2003-12-01 Thread Nils Philippsen
--=-ZatCIFvW+Uy1uZiQ47rp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 00:49, Major A wrote: > > > You've missed the first point: the IR information must be extracted > > > first. Since the IR channel is a non-linear combination of the de

[sane-devel] About the HP Scanjet 2300C

2003-12-01 Thread Jason Anderson
Does anyone have further information on the HP Scanjet 2300C? I will try to write a driver for it and any information on it would be appreciated. I know that one person has made some strides and I will look at their work. -- ___ Sign-up f

[sane-devel] Epson Perfection 1670 first tests & firmware URL

2003-12-01 Thread Theodoros V. Kalamatianos
Hello, I've just bought an Epson Perfection 1670 scanner (snapscan backend) and have been testing it lightly. Till now I have tried successfully the following modes: - Colour, 1200 dpi - Colour, 900 dpi - Colour, 600 dpi - Colour, 450 dpi - Colour, 300 dpi - Colour, 200 dpi - Colour, 150 dpi -