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

NAME
       sane-fujitsu - SANE backend for Fujitsu and Ricoh fi series scanners

DESCRIPTION
       The  sane-fujitsu  library  implements a	SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
       backend which provides access to	most Fujitsu flatbed and ADF scanners,
       and the subsequent Ricoh	models.

       This document describes backend version 140.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
       This version supports every known model which speaks the	 Fujitsu  SCSI
       and SCSI-over-USB protocols. Specifically, the SCSI M309x and M409x se-
       ries,  the  SCSI	fi-series, and most of the USB fi-, ScanSnap, &	iX se-
       ries   scanners	 are   supported.    Please   see    the    list    at
       http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html for details.

       This  backend  may  support  other Fujitsu or newer Ricoh scanners. The
       best way	to determine level of support is to test the scanner directly,
       or to collect a trace of	the windows driver in action.  Please  contact
       the author for help or with test	results.

UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE
       The  following scanners are known NOT to	work with this backend,	either
       because they have an unsupported	chipset, or an	unsupported  interface
       type. Some of these scanners may	be supported by	another	backend.

	      --------------------------------------
	      SCSI:	   SERIAL:	USB:
	      ------------ ------------	------------
	      ScanStation  M3093E/DE/EX	fi-4110EOX/2
	      ScanPartner  M3096EX	fi-4010CU
	      SP-Jr	   M3097E+/DE	S300/S300M
	      SP-10/10C	   M3099A/EH/EX	S1300/S1100
	      SP-15C/300C		fi-60F/65F
	      SP-600C/620C		fi-5015C
					SP-2x/3x

OPTIONS
       Effort has been made to expose all hardware options, including:

       source s
	      Selects  the source for the scan.	Options	may include "Flatbed",
	      "ADF Front", "ADF	 Back",	 "ADF  Duplex",	 "Card	Front",	 "Card
	      Back", "Card Duplex".

       mode m
	      Selects  the  mode  for the scan.	Options	may include "Lineart",
	      "Halftone", "Gray", and "Color".

       resolution, y-resolution
	      Controls	scan  resolution.  Setting  --resolution   also	  sets
	      --y-resolution, though this behavior is overridden by some fron-
	      tends.

       tl-x, tl-y, br-x, br-y
	      Sets scan	area upper left	and lower right	coordinates. These are
	      renamed t, l, x, y by some frontends.

       page-width, page-height
	      Sets  paper size.	Used by	scanner	to determine centering of scan
	      coordinates when using the ADF (Automatic	Document  Feeder)  and
	      to detect	double feed errors.

       Other  options will be available	based on the capabilities of the scan-
       ner: machines with IPC or DTC will have additional enhancement options,
       those with CMP will have	compression options, those with	a printer will
       have a group of endorser	options.

       Additionally, several 'software'	options	are exposed  by	 the  backend.
       These  are  reimplementations  of  features provided natively by	larger
       scanners, but running on	the host computer. This	 enables  smaller  ma-
       chines  to  have	 similar capabilities. Please note that	these features
       are somewhat simplistic,	and may	not perform as well as the native  im-
       plementations.  Note also that these features all require that the dri-
       ver cache the entire image in memory. This will almost certainly	result
       in a reduction of scanning speed.

       swcrop
	      Requests the driver to  detect  the  extremities	of  the	 paper
	      within the larger	image, and crop	the empty edges.

       swdeskew
	      Requests	the  driver to detect the rotation of the paper	within
	      the larger image,	and counter the	rotation.

       swdespeck X
	      Requests the driver to find and remove dots  of  X  diameter  or
	      smaller from the image, and fill the space with the average sur-
	      rounding color.

       Use  'scanimage	--help'	 to get	a list,	but be aware that some options
       may be settable only when another option	has been  set,	and  that  ad-
       vanced options may be hidden by some frontend programs.

CONFIGURATION FILE
       The  configuration file fujitsu.conf is used to tell the	backend	how to
       look for	scanners, and provide options controlling the operation	of the
       backend.	 This file is read each	time the frontend asks the backend for
       a list of scanners, generally only when the  frontend  starts.  If  the
       configuration file is missing, the backend will be unable to locate any
       scanners.

       Scanners	can be specified in the	configuration file in 4	ways:

       "scsi FUJITSU"
	      Requests	backend	 to  search all	scsi buses in the system for a
	      device which reports itself to be	a scanner made by 'FUJITSU'.

       "scsi /dev/sg0" (or other scsi device file)
	      Requests backend to open the named scsi device. Only  useful  if
	      you  have	multiple compatible scanners connected to your system,
	      and need to specify one. Probably	should not be  used  with  the
	      other "scsi" line	above.

       "usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids)
	      Requests backend to search all usb buses in the system for a de-
	      vice which uses that vendor and product id. The device will then
	      be queried to determine if it is a supported scanner.

       "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device	file)
	      Some  systems  use  a kernel driver to access usb	scanners. This
	      method is	untested.

       The only	configuration option supported is "buffer-size=xxx",  allowing
       you  to	set  the number	of bytes in the	data buffer to something other
       than the	compiled-in default, 65536 (64K). Some users report that their
       scanner will "hang" mid-page, or	fail to	 transmit  the	image  if  the
       buffer is not large enough.

       Note:  This option may appear multiple times in the configuration file.
       It only applies to scanners discovered by 'scsi/usb' lines that	follow
       this option.

       Note:  The backend does not place an upper bound	on this	value, as some
       users required it to be quite large. Values above the default  are  not
       recommended, and	may crash your OS or lockup your scsi card driver. You
       have been warned.

ENVIRONMENT
       The  backend  uses  a  single environment variable, SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU,
       which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are:

	      5	 Errors
	      10 Function trace
	      15 Function detail
	      20 Option	commands
	      25 SCSI/USB trace
	      30 SCSI/USB writes
	      31 SCSI/USB reads
	      35 Useless noise

KNOWN ISSUES
       Flatbed units may fail to scan at maximum area,	particularly  at  high
       resolution.

       Any  model  that	 does not support VPD during inquiry will not function
       until an	override is added to the backend.

       CCITT Fax compression used by older scanners is not supported.

       JPEG output is supported	by the backend,	but not	by the SANE  protocol,
       so  is  disabled	in this	release. It can	be enabled if you rebuild from
       source.

       Network interfaces are not supported on any scanner model.

CREDITS
       m3091 backend: Frederik Ramm <frederik a	t remote d o t org>
       m3096g backend: Randolph	Bentson	<bentson a t holmsjoen d o t com>
	 (with credit to the unnamed author of the coolscan driver)
       fujitsu backend,	m3093, fi-4340C, ipc, cmp, long-time maintainer:
	 Oliver	Schirrmeister <oschirr a t abm d o t de>
       m3092: Mario Goppold <mgoppold a	t tbzpariv d o t tcc-chemnitz dot de>
       fi-4220C	and basic USB support: Ron Cemer <ron a	t roncemer d o t com>
       fi-4120,	fi-series color, backend re-write, jpeg, current maintainer:
	 m. allan noah:	<kitno455 a t gmail d o	t com>

       JPEG output and low memory usage	support	funded by:
	 Archivista GmbH www.archivista.ch

       Endorser	support	funded by:
	 O A S Oilfield	Accounting Service Ltd
	 1500, 840 - 7th Avenue	S.W.
	 Calgary, Alberta
	 T2P 3G2 Canada
	 1-403-263-2600	www.oas.ca

       Automatic length	detection support funded by:
	 Martin	G. Miller mgmiller at optonline.net

       Hardware	donated, software  image  enhancement  and  fi-6/7xxx  support
       funded by:
	 PFU America, Inc.  fujitsuscanners.com

       iX500 support funded by:
	 Prefix	Computer Services www.prefixservice.com

SEE ALSO
       sane(7),	 sane-scsi(5),	sane-usb(5),  sane-sp15c(5),  sane-avision(5),
       sane-epjitsu(5)

AUTHOR
       m. allan	noah: <kitno455	a t gmail d o t	com>

				  24 Mar 2023		       sane-fujitsu(5)

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