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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
     /usr/local/etc/sane.d/p5.conf
	    The  backend  configuration  file (see also description of SANE_CON-
	    FIG_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.	On *NIX systems, 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 /usr/local/etc/sane.d.  If the
	    value of the environment variable ends with the directory  separator
	    character,	then  the default directories are searched after the ex-
	    plicitly specified	directories.   For  example,  setting  SANE_CON-
	    FIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories tmp/config, .,
	    and /usr/local/etc/sane.d being searched (in this order).

     SANE_DEBUG_P5
	    If	the  library was compiled with debug support enabled, this envi-
	    ronment variable controls the debug level for this backend.  E.g., a
	    value of 255 requests all debug output to be printed.  Smaller  lev-
	    els 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), scanimage(1)

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

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

BUG REPORTS
     If something doesn't work mail sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net or submit
     an issue via https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/issues/new with a la-
     bel of backend/p5.  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 /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf.  If your scanner isn't de-
	    tected, make sure you've defined the right port address, or the cor-
	    rect device in your p5.conf file.

     the name of your scanner/vendor
	    also a worthy information. Please also include the	optical  resolu-
	    tion  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)

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