sane-cardscan(5) | SANE Scanner Access Now Easy | sane-cardscan(5) |
NAME
sane-cardscan - SANE backend for Corex CardScan usb scanners
DESCRIPTION
The sane-cardscan library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend which provides access to the Corex CardScan 800c & 600c small-format scanners.
The backend supports only grayscale and color modes and media of (theoretically) infinite length.
This backend may support other scanners. The best way to determine level of support is to get a trace of the windows driver in action, and send it to the author.
OPTIONS
The cardscan backend supports the following options:
- --mode Gray|Color
- Selects the mode for the scan.
CONFIGURATION FILE
The configuration file cardscan.conf is used to tell the backend how to look for scanners, and provide options controlling the operation of the backend. This file is read each time the frontend asks the backend for a list of scanners, generally only when the frontend starts. If the configuration file is missing, the backend will use a set of compiled defaults, which are identical to the default configuration file shipped with SANE.
Scanners can be specified in the configuration file in 2 ways:
"usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids)
"usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device file)
Additionally, there are two configuration options that control the protocol used by the backend:
"lines_per_block 16" (or other number from 1 to 32)
"has_cal_buffer 1" (1 or 0)
ENVIRONMENT
The backend uses a single environment variable, SANE_DEBUG_CARDSCAN, which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are:
10 Function trace
15 Function detail
20 Option commands
25 SCSI/USB trace
30 SCSI/USB detail
35 Useless noise
KNOWN ISSUES
The backend also does not send all the commands that the windows driver does, so it may not function the same.
The backend does not have the calibration or ejection options of the windows driver.
CREDITS
The hardware to build this driver was provided to the author by: Jeff Kowalczyk <jtk a t yahoo d o t com>.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com> .
10 Feb 2010 |