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



NAME
       sane-p5 - SANE backend for the Primax PagePartner

DESCRIPTION
       The sane-p5 library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend
       that provides access to the Primax PagePartner parallel port sheet fed
       scanner.

       This backend handles 100, 150, 200, 300 and 600 dpi scan resolutions,
       in color and gray modes. The 600 dpi is actually 300x600 with lines
       enlarged to match the vertical resolution.

       EPP/ECP MODES ONLY The current version of the backend uses only EPP or
       ECP mode to communicate with the scanner. It is recommended that you
       set your parallel port to EPP in BIOS with the current version of this
       backend. ECPEPP will only work if you use a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel with
       ppdev character device support.

DEVICE NAMES
       This backend expects device names of the form:

              port value

       Where value is :


              auto   autodetect all parallel ports and probe them for scanner

              /dev/parport0
                     uses linux ppdev device, depending on the number of
                     available parallel port, you have to use /dev/parport1,
                     /dev/parport2, ...

       You can rename any device using the

              option name my_name

       option. This option apply to the last port option.


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

FILES
       /etc/sane.d/p5.conf
              The backend configuration file (see also description of
              SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-p5.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-p5.so
              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
              that support dynamic loading).


ENVIRONMENT
       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
              This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
              may contain the configuration file.  Under UNIX, the directories
              are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
              by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the
              configuration file is searched in two default directories:
              first, the current working directory (".") and then in
              /etc/sane.d.  If the value of the environment variable ends with
              the directory separator character, then the default directories
              are searched after the explicitly specified directories.  For
              example, setting SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would result
              in directories "tmp/config", ".", and "/etc/sane.d" being
              searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_P5
              If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
              environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.
              E.g., a value of 255 requests all debug output to be printed.
              Smaller levels reduce verbosity.


              level   debug output
              ------- ------------------------------
               0       critical errors
               1       errors
               2       warnings & minor errors
               4       information messages
               8       start/stop of functions
               16      tracing messages
               32      I/O functions
               64      I/O functions with traces
               128     scanned/calibration data

       SEE ALSO
              sane(7), sane-net(5), saned(8)


AUTHOR
       Stephane Voltz <stef.dev@free.fr>


CREDITS
       Support for the Prima PagePartner has been made possible thank to an
       hardware donation by Sebastien Lange.


BUG REPORTS
       If something doesn't work mail sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org or
       use the bug tracker at
       https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=410366&group_id=30186 .  Please
       give as much information as you can.


       SANE version
              run "scanimage -V" to determine this

       the backend version and your scanner hardware
              run "SANE_DEBUG_P5=255 scanimage -L 2>log" as root. If you don't
              get any output from the p5 backend, make sure a line "p5" is
              included into your /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.  If your scanner isn't
              detected, make sure you've defined the right port address, or
              the correct device in your p5.conf.

       the name of your scanner/vendor
              also a worthy information. Please also include the optical
              resolution and lamp type of your scanner, both can be found in
              the manual of your scanner.

       any further comments
              if you have comments about the documentation (what could be done
              better), or you think I should know something, please include
              it.



                                  15 Feb 2010                       sane-p5(5)
