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sane-rts8891(5) 	  SANE Scanner Access Now Easy		 sane-rts8891(5)

NAME
     sane-rts8891 - SANE backend for rts8891 based scanners

DESCRIPTION
     The  sane-rts8891 library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) back-
     end that provides access to scanners based on the rts8891 ASIC.

     The scanners that work with this backend are:

	       Vendor Model	      status
	    ----------------------  -----------
	      Umax Astra 4400	    untested
	      Umax Astra 4450	    untested
	      HP scanjet 4000c	    good
	      HP scanjet 4470c	    good

     The options the backend supports can either  be  selected	through  command
     line  options  to programs like scanimage(1) or through GUI elements in xs-
     canimage(1) or xsane(1).

     If you notice any strange behavior, please report to the backend maintainer
     or to the SANE mailing list.

     Valid command line options and their syntax can be listed by using

	    scanimage --help -d rts8891

     Scan Mode Options

     --mode
	    selects the basic mode of operation of the	scanner.  Valid  choices
	    are  Color,  Gray and Lineart.  The default mode is Color.	The Lin-
	    eart mode is for black and white only (1 bit).   Gray  will  produce
	    256  levels of gray (8 bits).  Color mode allows for over 16 million
	    different colors produced from 24 bits of color information.

     --resolution
	    selects the resolution for a scan. The horizontal and vertical reso-
	    lutions are set by the value of this option. The scanner is  capable
	    of the following resolutions for the specified option value:

	      Value   Hor. Resolution  Vert. Resolution
	      -----   ---------------  -------------------
	      75      75dpi	       75dpi
	      150     150dpi	       150dpi
	      300     300dpi	       300dpi
	      600     600dpi	       600dpi
	      1200    1200dpi	       1200dpi

     --preview
	    requests a preview scan. The resolution used for that scan is 75 dpi
	    and  the  scan area and the scan mode are as specified through their
	    options, or the default if not specified. The default value for pre-
	    view mode is "no".

     --threshold
	    selects the  minimum-brightness to get a white point. The  threshold
	    is only used with Lineart mode scans.  It is specified as a percent-
	    age  in the range 0..100% (in steps of 1).	The default value of the
	    threshold option is 50.

CONFIGURATION FILE
     The configuration file /usr/local/etc/sane.d/rts8891.conf contains the  usb
     device ids of supported scanners (eg usb 0x043d 0x007c) and scanner config-
     uration  options.	 Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are
     ignored.

     The options supported are allowsharing, modelnumber

     Option

     allowsharing
	    enables or not the sharing of the scanner between multiple frontends
	    at the same time.

     modelnumber
	    is used to force the reported model by the backend and is only  use-
	    ful in the case of a scanner which NVRAM has been erased.

	    0 to report a HP4470c.
	    1 to report a HP4400c.
	    2 to report an Astra 4400.

FILES
     /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-rts8891.a
	    The static library implementing this backend.

     /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-rts8891.so
	    The  shared  library  implementing	this backend (present on systems
	    that support dynamic loading).

ENVIRONMENT
     SANE_DEBUG_RTS8891 SANE_DEBUG_RTS8891_LOW SANE_DEBUG_RTS88XX_LIB
	    If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, these  envi-
	    ronment  variables control the debug level for this backend. E.g., a
	    value of 255 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller levels
	    reduce verbosity.

LIMITATIONS
     Scanners of the same model exist with different sensors,  due  to	lack  of
     data  (ie USB logs) some sensors are better supported than others. At least
     75 dpi mode is working for any model. Sharing the scanner	between  several
     frontends	at  the same time (allowsharing option) may not work on some USB
     controllers.

     XPA is not (yet) supported.

BUGS
     No bugs currently known.

SEE ALSO
     sane-scsi(5), scanimage(1), xscanimage(1), xsane(1), sane(7)

AUTHOR
     This backend has been developed by Stephane Voltz.
	    http://stef.dev.free.fr/sane/rts8891

CREDITS
     Many thanks go to:
	    Laurent Fournier who donated me  a	HP4470c.   Vladimir  Sysoev  and
	    "TheUnruly	Squash"  for  the time they spent recording USB activity
	    and testing the experimental version on HP4400 models.

				   8 Dec 2008			 sane-rts8891(5)

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