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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 106, which shipped with SANE
14 1.0.22.
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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, and the USB
21 ScanSnap S5xx/S15xx scanners are supported. Please see the list at
22 http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html for details.
23 This backend may support other Fujitsu scanners. The best way to deter‐
25 mine level of support is to test the scanner directly, or to collect a
26 trace of the windows driver in action. Please contact the author for
27 help or with test results.
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31 The following scanners are known NOT to work with this backend, either
32 because they have a non-fujitsu chipset, or an unsupported interface
33 type. Some of these scanners may be supported by another backend.
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36 SCSI: SERIAL: USB:
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38 ScanStation M3093E/DE/EX fi-4110EOX/2
39 ScanPartner M3096EX fi-4010CU
40 SP-Jr M3097E+/DE S300/S300M
41 SP-10/10C M3099A/EH/EX S1300
42 SP-15C/300C fi-60F
43 SP-600C/620C fi-5015C
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46 Effort has been made to expose all hardware options, including:
47 source s
49 Selects the source for the scan. Options may include "Flatbed",
50 "ADF Front", "ADF Back", "ADF Duplex".
51 mode m
53 Selects the mode for the scan. Options may include "Lineart",
54 "Halftone", "Gray", and "Color".
55 resolution, y-resolution
57 Controls scan resolution. Setting --resolution also sets
58 --y-resolution, though this behavior is overridden by some fron‐
59 tends.
60 tl-x, tl-y, br-x, br-y
62 Sets scan area upper left and lower right coordinates. These are
63 renamed t, l, x, y by some frontends.
64 page-width, page-height
66 Sets paper size. Used by scanner to determine centering of scan
67 coordinates when using ADF and to detect double feed errors.
68 Other options will be available based on the capabilities of the scan‐
70 ner: machines with IPC or DTC will have additional enhancement options,
71 those with CMP will have compression options, those with a printer will
72 have a group of endorser options.
73 Additionally, several 'software' options are exposed by the backend.
75 These are reimplementations of features provided natively by larger
76 scanners, but running on the host computer. This enables smaller
77 machines to have similar capabilites. Please note that these features
78 are somewhat simplistic, and may not perform as well as the native
79 implementations. Note also that these features all require that the
80 driver cache the entire image in memory. This will almost certainly
81 result in a reduction of scanning speed.
82 Use 'scanimage --help' to get a list, but be aware that some options
84 may be settable only when another option has been set, and that
85 advanced options may be hidden by some frontend programs.
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88 The configuration file "fujitsu.conf" is used to tell the backend how
89 to look for scanners, and provide options controlling the operation of
90 the backend. This file is read each time the frontend asks the backend
91 for a list of scanners, generally only when the frontend starts. If the
92 configuration file is missing, the backend will be unable to locate any
93 scanners.
94 Scanners can be specified in the configuration file in 4 ways:
96 "scsi FUJITSU"
98 Requests backend to search all scsi busses in the system for a
99 device which reports itself to be a scanner made by 'FUJITSU'.
100 "scsi /dev/sg0" (or other scsi device file)
102 Requests backend to open the named scsi device. Only useful if
103 you have multiple compatible scanners connected to your system,
104 and need to specify one. Probably should not be used with the
105 other "scsi" line above.
106 "usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids)
108 Requests backend to search all usb busses in the system for a
109 device which uses that vendor and product id. The device will
110 then be queried to determine if it is a Fujitsu scanner.
111 "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device file)
113 Some systems use a kernel driver to access usb scanners. This
114 method is untested.
115 The only configuration option supported is "buffer-size=xxx", allowing
117 you to set the number of bytes in the data buffer to something other
118 than the compiled-in default, 65536 (64K). Some users report that their
119 scanner will "hang" mid-page, or fail to transmit the image if the buf‐
120 fer is not large enough.
121 Note: This option may appear multiple times in the configuration file.
123 It only applies to scanners discovered by 'scsi/usb' lines that follow
124 this option.
125 Note: The backend does not place an upper bound on this value, as some
127 users required it to be quite large. Values above the default are not
128 recommended, and may crash your OS or lockup your scsi card driver. You
129 have been warned.
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132 The backend uses a single environment variable, SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU,
133 which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are:
134 5 Errors
136 10 Function trace
137 15 Function detail
138 20 Option commands
139 25 SCSI/USB trace
140 30 SCSI/USB detail
141 35 Useless noise
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145 Flatbed units may fail to scan at maximum area, particularly at high
146 resolution.
147 Any model that does not support VPD during inquiry will not function
149 until an override is added to the backend.
150 CCITT Fax compression used by older scanners is not supported.
152 Hardware automatic paper width detection (aka auto-cropping) is not
154 supported.
155 JPEG output is supported by the backend, but not by the SANE protocol,
157 so is disabled in this release. It can be enabled if you rebuild from
158 source.
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162 m3091 backend: Frederik Ramm <frederik a t remote d o t org>
163 m3096g backend: Randolph Bentson <bentson a t holmsjoen d o t com>
164 (with credit to the unnamed author of the coolscan driver)
165 fujitsu backend, m3093, fi-4340C, ipc, cmp, long-time maintainer:
166 Oliver Schirrmeister <oschirr a t abm d o t de>
167 m3092: Mario Goppold <mgoppold a t tbzpariv d o t tcc-chemnitz dot de>
168 fi-4220C and basic USB support: Ron Cemer <ron a t roncemer d o t com>
169 fi-4120, fi-series color, backend re-write, jpeg, current maintainer:
170 m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
171 JPEG output and low memory usage support funded by:
173 Archivista GmbH
174 www.archivista.ch
175 Endorser support funded by:
177 O A S Oilfield Accounting Service Ltd
178 1500, 840 - 7th Avenue S.W.
179 Calgary, Alberta
180 T2P 3G2 Canada
181 1-403-263-2600
182 www.oas.ca
183 Automatic length detection support funded by:
185 Martin G. Miller
186 mgmiller at optonline.net
187 Software image enhancement routines funded and hardware donated by:
189 Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
190 www.fcpa.com
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194 sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-usb(5), sane-sp15c(5), sane-avision(5),
195 sane-epjitsu(5)
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199 m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
200 30 Jan 2011 sane-fujitsu(5)