sane-lexmark(5)

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

6       sane-lexmark - SANE backend for Lexmark X1100/X1200 Series scanners
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  sane-lexmark  library  implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
10       backend that provides access to the scanner part of Lexmark X1100/X1200
11       AIOs. This backend should be considered beta-quality software!
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13       The scanners that should work with this backend are:
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15                 Vendor Model           status
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17                Lexmark X74             good
18                Lexmark X1110           untested
19                Lexmark X1140           untested
20                Lexmark X1150           good
21                Lexmark X1170           good
22                Lexmark X1180           good
23                Lexmark X1185           complete
24                Lexmark X12xx           good in USB1.1,
25                                        not fully tested in USB2.0
26                Dell    A920            good
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28       The options the backend supports can either be selected through command
29       line options to programs like scanimage(1) or through GUI  elements  in
30       xscanimage(1) or xsane(1).
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32       If  you notice any strange behavior, please report to the backend main‐
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35       Valid command line options and their syntax can be listed by using
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37              scanimage --help -d lexmark:usb:<usb port>
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40       Scan Mode Options
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43       --mode selects the basic  mode  of  operation  of  the  scanner.  Valid
44              choices are Color, Gray and Lineart.  The default mode is Color.
45              The Lineart mode is black and white only  (1  bit).   Gray  mode
46              will produce 256 levels of gray (8 bits).  Color mode allows for
47              over 16 million different colors produced from 24 bits of  color
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51       --resolution
52              selects  the  resolution for a scan. The horizontal and vertical
53              resolutions are set by the value of this option. The scanner  is
54              capable  of  the  following resolutions for the specified option
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57                Value   Hor. Resolution  Vert. Resolution
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59                75      75dpi            75dpi
60                150     150dpi           150dpi
61                300     300dpi           300dpi
62                600     600dpi           600dpi
63                1200    600dpi           1200dpi  (only for X11xx models with 'B2' sensor)
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67              requests a preview scan. The resolution used for that scan is 75
68              dpi and the scan area and the scan mode are as specified through
69              their options, or the default  if  not  specified.  The  default
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74              selects  the   minimum-brightness  to  get  a  white  point. The
75              threshold is only used with Lineart mode scans.  It is specified
76              as  a  percentage in the range 0..100% (in steps of 1).  The de‐
77              fault value of the threshold option is 50.
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CONFIGURATION FILE

82       The configuration file /etc/sane.d/lexmark.conf contains only  the  usb
83       device id (eg usb 0x043d 0x007c).
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FILES

88       /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-lexmark.a
89              The static library implementing this backend.
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91       /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-lexmark.so
92              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
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ENVIRONMENT

98       SANE_DEBUG_LEXMARK
99              If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this en‐
100              vironment  variable  controls  the debug level for this backend.
101              E.g., a value of 255 requests all debug output  to  be  printed.
102              Smaller levels reduce verbosity.
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104       SANE_DEBUG_LEXMARK_LOW
105              Provides debug output for low level Lexmark functions.
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LIMITATIONS

109       The  windows TWAIN driver has many more options than this SANE backend.
110       However they are only software adjustments. This  backend  only  imple‐
111       ments  what  the  scanner can support. For instance, shading correction
112       (vertical stripes due to sensor variation across its width) is done  in
113       software.  Head  park  position is also detected by software.  The data
114       compression isn't supported for the X1200 series on USB 1.1, leading to
115       slow scans.
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BUGS

119       No bugs currently known.
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AUTHOR

130       The backend was originally written by Fred Odendaal.
131              http://ca.geocities.com/freshshelf@rogers.com/
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133       The new version is currently developed by Stéphane Voltz.
134              http://stef.dev.free.fr/sane/lexmark
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136       X74 support was written by Torsten Houwaart
137              <ToHo@gmx.de>
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CREDITS

141       Many thanks go to:
142              Julien Furgerot who lent me a Dell A920.  Robert Price, Dani Ele
143              and Dalai Felinto for the time they spent recording USB activity
144              and testing the experimental version.
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148                                  12 Jul 2008                  sane-lexmark(5)