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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 139, which initially shipped
14 with SANE 1.1.2.
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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 se‐
20 ries, the SCSI fi-series, and most of the USB fi-, ScanSnap, & iX se‐
21 ries 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/S1100
42 SP-15C/300C fi-60F/65F
43 SP-600C/620C fi-5015C
44 SP-2x/3x
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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", "Card Front", "Card
52 Back", "Card Duplex".
53 mode m
55 Selects the mode for the scan. Options may include "Lineart",
56 "Halftone", "Gray", and "Color".
57 resolution, y-resolution
59 Controls scan resolution. Setting --resolution also sets
60 --y-resolution, though this behavior is overridden by some
61 frontends.
62 tl-x, tl-y, br-x, br-y
64 Sets scan area upper left and lower right coordinates. These are
65 renamed t, l, x, y by some frontends.
66 page-width, page-height
68 Sets paper size. Used by scanner to determine centering of scan
69 coordinates when using the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) and
70 to detect double feed errors.
71 Other options will be available based on the capabilities of the scan‐
73 ner: machines with IPC or DTC will have additional enhancement options,
74 those with CMP will have compression options, those with a printer will
75 have a group of endorser options.
76 Additionally, several 'software' options are exposed by the backend.
78 These are reimplementations of features provided natively by larger
79 scanners, but running on the host computer. This enables smaller ma‐
80 chines to have similar capabilities. Please note that these features
81 are somewhat simplistic, and may not perform as well as the native im‐
82 plementations. Note also that these features all require that the
83 driver cache the entire image in memory. This will almost certainly re‐
84 sult in a reduction of scanning speed.
85 swcrop
87 Requests the driver to detect the extremities of the paper
88 within the larger image, and crop the empty edges.
89 swdeskew
91 Requests the driver to detect the rotation of the paper within
92 the larger image, and counter the rotation.
93 swdespeck X
95 Requests the driver to find and remove dots of X diameter or
96 smaller from the image, and fill the space with the average sur‐
97 rounding color.
98 Use 'scanimage --help' to get a list, but be aware that some options
100 may be settable only when another option has been set, and that ad‐
101 vanced options may be hidden by some frontend programs.
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105 The configuration file fujitsu.conf is used to tell the backend how to
106 look for scanners, and provide options controlling the operation of the
107 backend. This file is read each time the frontend asks the backend for
108 a list of scanners, generally only when the frontend starts. If the
109 configuration file is missing, the backend will be unable to locate any
110 scanners.
111 Scanners can be specified in the configuration file in 4 ways:
113 "scsi FUJITSU"
115 Requests backend to search all scsi buses in the system for a
116 device which reports itself to be a scanner made by 'FUJITSU'.
117 "scsi /dev/sg0" (or other scsi device file)
119 Requests backend to open the named scsi device. Only useful if
120 you have multiple compatible scanners connected to your system,
121 and need to specify one. Probably should not be used with the
122 other "scsi" line above.
123 "usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids)
125 Requests backend to search all usb buses in the system for a de‐
126 vice which uses that vendor and product id. The device will then
127 be queried to determine if it is a Fujitsu scanner.
128 "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device file)
130 Some systems use a kernel driver to access usb scanners. This
131 method is untested.
132 The only configuration option supported is "buffer-size=xxx", allowing
134 you to set the number of bytes in the data buffer to something other
135 than the compiled-in default, 65536 (64K). Some users report that their
136 scanner will "hang" mid-page, or fail to transmit the image if the buf‐
137 fer is not large enough.
138 Note: This option may appear multiple times in the configuration file.
140 It only applies to scanners discovered by 'scsi/usb' lines that follow
141 this option.
142 Note: The backend does not place an upper bound on this value, as some
144 users required it to be quite large. Values above the default are not
145 recommended, and may crash your OS or lockup your scsi card driver. You
146 have been warned.
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149 The backend uses a single environment variable, SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU,
150 which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are:
151 5 Errors
153 10 Function trace
154 15 Function detail
155 20 Option commands
156 25 SCSI/USB trace
157 30 SCSI/USB writes
158 31 SCSI/USB reads
159 35 Useless noise
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163 Flatbed units may fail to scan at maximum area, particularly at high
164 resolution.
165 Any model that does not support VPD during inquiry will not function
167 until an override is added to the backend.
168 CCITT Fax compression used by older scanners is not supported.
170 JPEG output is supported by the backend, but not by the SANE protocol,
172 so is disabled in this release. It can be enabled if you rebuild from
173 source.
174 Network interfaces are not supported on any scanner model.
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179 m3091 backend: Frederik Ramm <frederik a t remote d o t org>
180 m3096g backend: Randolph Bentson <bentson a t holmsjoen d o t com>
181 (with credit to the unnamed author of the coolscan driver)
182 fujitsu backend, m3093, fi-4340C, ipc, cmp, long-time maintainer:
183 Oliver Schirrmeister <oschirr a t abm d o t de>
184 m3092: Mario Goppold <mgoppold a t tbzpariv d o t tcc-chemnitz dot de>
185 fi-4220C and basic USB support: Ron Cemer <ron a t roncemer d o t com>
186 fi-4120, fi-series color, backend re-write, jpeg, current maintainer:
187 m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
188 JPEG output and low memory usage support funded by:
190 Archivista GmbH www.archivista.ch
191 Endorser support funded by:
193 O A S Oilfield Accounting Service Ltd
194 1500, 840 - 7th Avenue S.W.
195 Calgary, Alberta
196 T2P 3G2 Canada
197 1-403-263-2600 www.oas.ca
198 Automatic length detection support funded by:
200 Martin G. Miller mgmiller at optonline.net
201 Hardware donated, software image enhancement and fi-6/7xxx support
203 funded by:
204 PFU America, Inc. fujitsuscanners.com
205 iX500 support funded by:
207 Prefix Computer Services www.prefixservice.com
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211 sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-usb(5), sane-sp15c(5), sane-avision(5),
212 sane-epjitsu(5)
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216 m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
217 15 Nov 2022 sane-fujitsu(5)