sane-ma1509(5)

1sane-ma1509(5)           SANE Scanner Access Now Easy           sane-ma1509(5)
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NAME

6       sane-ma1509 - SANE backend for Mustek BearPaw 1200F USB scanner
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  sane-ma1509  library  implements  a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
10       backend that provides access to the Mustek BearPaw  1200F  USB  flatbed
11       scanner.  This  scanner is based on the MA-1509 chipset. Other scanners
12       that use this chip (if they exist) may also work.
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14       This backend is ALPHA software.  Be careful and remove the  power  plug
15       immediately if your hear unusual noises.
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17       More   details   can   be   found   on   the  ma1509  backend  homepage
18       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/ma1509-backend/.
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20       Other Mustek USB scanners are supported by the gt68xx,  mustek_usb  and
21       the   plustek  backends.  See  sane-mustek_usb(5),  sane-gt68xx(5)  and
22       sane-plustek(5) for details.
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24       This backend can only work with scanners that are already  detected  by
25       the operating system. See sane-usb(5) for details.
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27       If  you  own  a  scanner other than the Mustek BearPaw 1200F that works
28       with this backend, please let me know this  by  sending  the  scanner's
29       exact  model  name  and  the  USB  vendor  and  device  ids  (e.g. from
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DEVICE NAMES

34       This backend expects device names of the form:
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38       Where special is a path-name for the special device that corresponds to
39       a  USB scanner.  With Linux, such a device name could be /dev/usb/scan‐
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CONFIGURATION

43       The contents of the ma1509.conf file is a list of  options  and  device
44       names  that  correspond  to Mustek BearPaw 1200F scanners.  Empty lines
45       and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored.
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47       Instead of using the device name, the scanner can  be  autodetected  by
48       usb  vendor_id  product_id  statements  which are already included into
49       ma1509.conf.  This is only supported with Linux 2.4.8  and  higher  and
50       all systems that support libsub. "vendor_id" and "product_id" are hexa‐
51       decimal numbers that identify the scanner.  If  this  doesn't  work,  a
52       device name must be placed in ma1509.conf as described above.
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54       To  set  the time the lamp needs for warm-up, use option warmup-time in
55       ma1509.conf.  The time is  given  in  seconds  after  the  option.  The
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FILES

59       /etc/sane.d/ma1509.conf
60              The   backend   configuration  file  (see  also  description  of
61              SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).
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63       /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-ma1509.a
64              The static library implementing this backend.
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66       /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-ma1509.so
67              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
68              that support dynamic loading).
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ENVIRONMENT

71       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
72              This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
73              may contain the configuration file.  Under UNIX, the directories
74              are  separated  by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
75              by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the config‐
76              uration  file is searched in two default directories: first, the
77              current working directory (".") and then in /etc/sane.d.  If the
78              value  of the environment variable ends with the directory sepa‐
79              rator character, then the default directories are searched after
80              the  explicitly  specified  directories.   For  example, setting
81              SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would  result  in  directories
82              tmp/config, ., and /etc/sane.d being searched (in this order).
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84       SANE_DEBUG_MA1509
85              If  the  library  was  compiled with debug support enabled, this
86              environment variable controls the debug level for this  backend.
87              Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.
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AUTHOR

97       Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
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BUGS

101       Resolutions higher than 600 dpi don't work
102       Transparency adapter and automatic document feeder is not supported yet
103       No support for "high-speed" mode (jpeg)
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105       More detailed bug information is available at the MA-1509 backend home‐
106       page http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/ma1509-backend/.
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