sane-sp15c(5)            SANE Scanner Access Now Easy            sane-sp15c(5)



NAME
       sane-sp15c - SANE backend for Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C flatbed scanner


DESCRIPTION
       The sane-sp15c library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
       backend which provides access to the Fujitsu flatbed scanners.  At
       present, the following scanner is known to work with these backend:

              Vendor:  Model:           Rev:
              -------- ---------------- -----
              FCPA     ScanPartner 15C  1.01

       The ScanPartner 15C driver supports lineart (1-bit), halftone (1-bit),
       grayscale (4-bit and 8-bit), and color (3 x 8-bit) scanning.

       Other scanners in these families may work.  The ScanPartner 15C seems
       to be a repackaging of the ScanPartner 600C.  People are encouraged to
       try these driver with the other scanners and to contact the author with
       test results.


CONFIGURATION
       A modest effort has been made to expose the standard options to the
       API.  This allows frontends such as xscanimage to set scanning region,
       resolution, bit-depth (and color), and enable the automatic document
       feeder.


SEE ALSO
       sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-fujitsu(5)
       Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C OEM Manual, Doc. No. 250-0081-0
       Fujitsu M3096G OEM Manual, part number 50FH5028E-05
       Fujitsu M3096GX/M3093GX/M3093DG OEM Manual, part number C150-E015...03


AUTHOR
       Randolph Bentson <bentson@holmsjoen.com>, with credit to the unnamed
       author of the coolscan driver


LIMITATIONS
       Testing limited to a Linux 2.2.5 kernel
       Can't quite get the scan page/minute performance in ADF modes.  This
       may be due to limited system buffer size.


BUGS
       I'm sure there are plenty, and not too well hidden, but I haven't seen
       them yet.
       Both scanners claim to have separate control of resolution in X and Y
       directions.  I confess I haven't tested this yet.  I have found that
       xsane doesn't even display this capability.
       Threshold settings on the SP15C don't seem to affect the results of
       lineart mode scans.
       It might be possible to merge these two drivers without much effort
       since the SP15C driver was derived from the M3096G driver.  They were
       split so as to keep the second driver development from breaking the
       working first driver.  Watch this space for changes.



                                  14 Jul 2008                    sane-sp15c(5)
