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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) back-
     end 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 series, the
     SCSI fi-series, and most of the USB fi-, ScanSnap, & iX series scanners are
     supported.   Please  see  the list at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-sup-
     ported-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  be-
     cause  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-resolu-
	    tion, though this behavior is overridden by some frontends.

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

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

     Other options will be available based on the capabilities of  the	scanner:
     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 machines to have similar
     capabilities. Please note that these features are somewhat simplistic,  and
     may not perform as well as the native implementations. Note also that these
     features all require that the driver 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 surrounding
	    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  advanced  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 device
	    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 rec-
     ommended, 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  reso-
     lution.

     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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