1sane-p5(5)               SANE Scanner Access Now Easy               sane-p5(5)
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NAME

6       sane-p5 - SANE backend for the Primax PagePartner
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DESCRIPTION

9       The sane-p5 library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend
10       that provides access to the Primax PagePartner parallel port sheet  fed
11       scanner.
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13       This  backend  handles 100, 150, 200, 300 and 600 dpi scan resolutions,
14       in color and gray modes. The 600 dpi is  actually  300x600  with  lines
15       enlarged to match the vertical resolution.
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17       EPP/ECP  MODES ONLY The current version of the backend uses only EPP or
18       ECP mode to communicate with the scanner. It is  recommended  that  you
19       set  your parallel port to EPP in BIOS with the current version of this
20       backend. ECPEPP will only work if you use a  2.4  or  2.6  kernel  with
21       ppdev character device support.
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DEVICE NAMES

24       This backend expects device names of the form:
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26              port value
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28       Where value is :
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31              auto   autodetect all parallel ports and probe them for scanner
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33              /dev/parport0
34                     uses  linux  ppdev  device,  depending  on  the number of
35                     available parallel port, you have to  use  /dev/parport1,
36                     /dev/parport2, ...
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38       You can rename any device using the
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40              option name my_name
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42       option. This option apply to the last port option.
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CONFIGURATION

46       Please  make  sure  to  edit dll.conf before you use the backend, since
47       this backend isn't enabled by default.
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FILES

50       /etc/sane.d/p5.conf
51              The  backend  configuration  file  (see  also   description   of
52              SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).
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54       /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-p5.a
55              The static library implementing this backend.
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57       /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-p5.so
58              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
59              that support dynamic loading).
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ENVIRONMENT

63       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
64              This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
65              may contain the configuration file.  Under UNIX, the directories
66              are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they  are  separated
67              by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the config‐
68              uration file is searched in two default directories: first,  the
69              current working directory (".") and then in /etc/sane.d.  If the
70              value of the environment variable ends with the directory  sepa‐
71              rator character, then the default directories are searched after
72              the explicitly  specified  directories.   For  example,  setting
73              SANE_CONFIG_DIR  to  "/tmp/config:"  would result in directories
74              "tmp/config", ".", and "/etc/sane.d"  being  searched  (in  this
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77       SANE_DEBUG_P5
78              If  the  library  was  compiled with debug support enabled, this
79              environment variable controls the debug level for this  backend.
80              E.g.,  a  value  of 255 requests all debug output to be printed.
81              Smaller levels reduce verbosity.
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84              level   debug output
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86               0       critical errors
87               1       errors
88               2       warnings & minor errors
89               4       information messages
90               8       start/stop of functions
91               16      tracing messages
92               32      I/O functions
93               64      I/O functions with traces
94               128     scanned/calibration data
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96       SEE ALSO
97              sane(7), sane-net(5), saned(8)
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AUTHOR

101       Stéphane Voltz <stef.dev@free.fr>
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CREDITS

105       Support for the Prima PagePartner has been made possible  thank  to  an
106       hardware donation by Sébastien Lange.
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BUG REPORTS

110       If  something  doesn't  work mail sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org or
111       use             the             bug             tracker              at
112       https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=410366&group_id=30186 .  Please
113       give as much information as you can.
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116       SANE version
117              run "scanimage -V" to determine this
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119       the backend version and your scanner hardware
120              run "SANE_DEBUG_P5=255 scanimage -L 2>log" as root. If you don't
121              get  any  output  from  the p5 backend, make sure a line "p5" is
122              included into your /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.  If your scanner  isn't
123              detected,  make  sure  you've defined the right port address, or
124              the correct device in your p5.conf.
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126       the name of your scanner/vendor
127              also a worthy information. Please also include the optical reso‐
128              lution  and  lamp type of your scanner, both can be found in the
129              manual of your scanner.
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131       any further comments
132              if you have comments about the documentation (what could be done
133              better),  or  you  think I should know something, please include
134              it.
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