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6 sane-fujitsu - SANE backend for Fujitsu flatbed and ADF scanners
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10 The sane-fujitsu library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
11 backend which provides access to most Fujitsu flatbed and ADF scanners.
12 This document describes backend version 117, which shipped with SANE
14 1.0.24.
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18 This version supports every known model which speaks the Fujitsu SCSI
19 and SCSI-over-USB protocols. Specifically, the SCSI M309x and M409x
20 series, the SCSI fi-series, most of the USB fi-series, the USB ScanSnap
21 S5xx/S15xx, and the USB iX5xx series scanners are supported. Please see
22 the list at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html for
23 details.
24 This backend may support other Fujitsu scanners. The best way to deter‐
26 mine level of support is to test the scanner directly, or to collect a
27 trace of the windows driver in action. Please contact the author for
28 help or with test results.
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32 The following scanners are known NOT to work with this backend, either
33 because they have a non-fujitsu chipset, or an unsupported interface
34 type. Some of these scanners may be supported by another backend.
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37 SCSI: SERIAL: USB:
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39 ScanStation M3093E/DE/EX fi-4110EOX/2
40 ScanPartner M3096EX fi-4010CU
41 SP-Jr M3097E+/DE S300/S300M
42 SP-10/10C M3099A/EH/EX S1300/S1100
43 SP-15C/300C fi-60F
44 SP-600C/620C fi-5015C
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47 Effort has been made to expose all hardware options, including:
48 source s
50 Selects the source for the scan. Options may include "Flatbed",
51 "ADF Front", "ADF Back", "ADF Duplex".
52 mode m
54 Selects the mode for the scan. Options may include "Lineart",
55 "Halftone", "Gray", and "Color".
56 resolution, y-resolution
58 Controls scan resolution. Setting --resolution also sets
59 --y-resolution, though this behavior is overridden by some fron‐
60 tends.
61 tl-x, tl-y, br-x, br-y
63 Sets scan area upper left and lower right coordinates. These are
64 renamed t, l, x, y by some frontends.
65 page-width, page-height
67 Sets paper size. Used by scanner to determine centering of scan
68 coordinates when using ADF and to detect double feed errors.
69 Other options will be available based on the capabilities of the scan‐
71 ner: machines with IPC or DTC will have additional enhancement options,
72 those with CMP will have compression options, those with a printer will
73 have a group of endorser options.
74 Additionally, several 'software' options are exposed by the backend.
76 These are reimplementations of features provided natively by larger
77 scanners, but running on the host computer. This enables smaller
78 machines to have similar capabilities. Please note that these features
79 are somewhat simplistic, and may not perform as well as the native
80 implementations. Note also that these features all require that the
81 driver cache the entire image in memory. This will almost certainly
82 result in a reduction of scanning speed.
83 Use 'scanimage --help' to get a list, but be aware that some options
85 may be settable only when another option has been set, and that
86 advanced options may be hidden by some frontend programs.
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89 The configuration file "fujitsu.conf" is used to tell the backend how
90 to look for scanners, and provide options controlling the operation of
91 the backend. This file is read each time the frontend asks the backend
92 for a list of scanners, generally only when the frontend starts. If the
93 configuration file is missing, the backend will be unable to locate any
94 scanners.
95 Scanners can be specified in the configuration file in 4 ways:
97 "scsi FUJITSU"
99 Requests backend to search all scsi busses in the system for a
100 device which reports itself to be a scanner made by 'FUJITSU'.
101 "scsi /dev/sg0" (or other scsi device file)
103 Requests backend to open the named scsi device. Only useful if
104 you have multiple compatible scanners connected to your system,
105 and need to specify one. Probably should not be used with the
106 other "scsi" line above.
107 "usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids)
109 Requests backend to search all usb busses in the system for a
110 device which uses that vendor and product id. The device will
111 then be queried to determine if it is a Fujitsu scanner.
112 "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device file)
114 Some systems use a kernel driver to access usb scanners. This
115 method is untested.
116 The only configuration option supported is "buffer-size=xxx", allowing
118 you to set the number of bytes in the data buffer to something other
119 than the compiled-in default, 65536 (64K). Some users report that their
120 scanner will "hang" mid-page, or fail to transmit the image if the buf‐
121 fer is not large enough.
122 Note: This option may appear multiple times in the configuration file.
124 It only applies to scanners discovered by 'scsi/usb' lines that follow
125 this option.
126 Note: The backend does not place an upper bound on this value, as some
128 users required it to be quite large. Values above the default are not
129 recommended, and may crash your OS or lockup your scsi card driver. You
130 have been warned.
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133 The backend uses a single environment variable, SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU,
134 which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are:
135 5 Errors
137 10 Function trace
138 15 Function detail
139 20 Option commands
140 25 SCSI/USB trace
141 30 SCSI/USB writes
142 31 SCSI/USB reads
143 35 Useless noise
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147 Flatbed units may fail to scan at maximum area, particularly at high
148 resolution.
149 Any model that does not support VPD during inquiry will not function
151 until an override is added to the backend.
152 CCITT Fax compression used by older scanners is not supported.
154 JPEG output is supported by the backend, but not by the SANE protocol,
156 so is disabled in this release. It can be enabled if you rebuild from
157 source.
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161 m3091 backend: Frederik Ramm <frederik a t remote d o t org>
162 m3096g backend: Randolph Bentson <bentson a t holmsjoen d o t com>
163 (with credit to the unnamed author of the coolscan driver)
164 fujitsu backend, m3093, fi-4340C, ipc, cmp, long-time maintainer:
165 Oliver Schirrmeister <oschirr a t abm d o t de>
166 m3092: Mario Goppold <mgoppold a t tbzpariv d o t tcc-chemnitz dot de>
167 fi-4220C and basic USB support: Ron Cemer <ron a t roncemer d o t com>
168 fi-4120, fi-series color, backend re-write, jpeg, current maintainer:
169 m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
170 JPEG output and low memory usage support funded by:
172 Archivista GmbH
173 www.archivista.ch
174 Endorser support funded by:
176 O A S Oilfield Accounting Service Ltd
177 1500, 840 - 7th Avenue S.W.
178 Calgary, Alberta
179 T2P 3G2 Canada
180 1-403-263-2600
181 www.oas.ca
182 Automatic length detection support funded by:
184 Martin G. Miller
185 mgmiller at optonline.net
186 Hardware donated, software image enhancement and fi-6xxx support funded
188 by:
189 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
190 www.fcpa.com
191 iX500 support funded by:
193 Prefix Computer Services
194 www.prefixservice.com
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198 sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-usb(5), sane-sp15c(5), sane-avision(5),
199 sane-epjitsu(5)
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203 m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
204 17 Sep 2013 sane-fujitsu(5)