sane-m3096g,   sane-sp15c  -  SANE  backends  for  Fujitsu
       flatbed scanners


DESCRIPTION

       The sane-m3096g and sane-sp15c  libraries  implement  SANE
       (Scanner Access Now Easy) backends which provide access to
       Fujitsu flatbed scanners.  At present, the following scan­
       ners are known to work with these backends:

              Vendor:  Model:           Rev:
              -------- ---------------- -----
              FUJITSU  M3096Gm          02
              FCPA     ScanPartner 15C  1.01

       The  M3096G  driver  supports  lineart  (1-bit),  halftone
       (1-bit), and grayscale (8-bit) scanning.

       The  ScanPartner  15C  driver  supports  lineart  (1-bit),
       halftone  (1-bit),  grayscale (4-bit and 8-bit), and color
       (3 x 8-bit) scanning.

       Other scanners in these families may work.  The  ScanPart­
       ner 15C seems to be a repackaging of the ScanPartner 600C.
       Perusal of the M3096GX/M3093GX/M3093DG manual suggests the
       M3096G  driver  offers access to a subset of the new scan­
       ners.  People are encouraged to try these driver with  the
       other  scanners  and  to  contact  the  author  with  test
       results.


CONFIGURATION

       A modest effort has  been  made  to  expose  the  standard
       options  to the API.  This allows frontends such as xscan­
       image to set scanning region, resolution,  bit-depth  (and
       color), and enable the automatic document feeder.


SEE ALSO

       sane(7), sane-scsi(5)
       Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C OEM Manual, Doc. No. 250-0081-0
       Fujitsu M3096G OEM Manual, part number 50FH5028E-05
       Fujitsu  M3096GX/M3093GX/M3093DG  OEM  Manual, part number
       C150-E015...03


AUTHOR

       Randolph Bentson <bentson@holmsjoen.com>, with  credit  to
       the unnamed author of the coolscan driver


LIMITATIONS

       Testing limited to a Linux 2.2.5 kernel

       modes.  This may be due to limited system buffer size.


BUGS

       I'm sure there are plenty, and not too well hidden, but  I
       haven't seen them yet.
       Both scanners claim to have separate control of resolution
       in X and Y directions.  I confess I  haven't  tested  this
       yet.   I  have  found that xsane doesn't even display this
       capability.
       Threshold settings on the SP15C don't seem to  affect  the
       results of lineart mode scans.
       It  might  be  possible to merge these two drivers without
       much effort since the SP15C driver was  derived  from  the
       M3096G  driver.   They were split so as to keep the second
       driver development from breaking the working first driver.
       Watch this space for changes.


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