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sane-mustek_pp(5)					     sane-mustek_pp(5)

NAME
       sane-mustek_pp - SANE backend for Mustek parallel port flatbed scanners

DESCRIPTION
       The  sane-mustek_pp library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
       backend that provides access to Mustek parallel port  flatbed  scanners
       and OEM versions.

       There are 2 classes of Mustek parallel port scanners: regular CCD (cold
       cathode device) scanners and CIS (contact image sensor) scanners.

       The current version of this backend supports both CCD type scanners and
       CIS type scanners.

       The following scanners might work with this backend:

       CCD scanners

	      Model:		   ASIC ID:  CCD Type:	works:
	      -------------------- --------- ---------- -------
	      SE 6000 P		   1013	     00		 yes
	      SM 4800 P		   1013/1015 04/01	 yes
	      SE 1200 ED Plus	   1015	     01		 no
	      SM 1200 ED Plus	   1015	     01		 no
	      SE 12000 P	   1505	     05		 no
	      600 III EP Plus	   1013/1015 00/01	 yes
	      SE 600 SEP	   1013	     ??		 yes
	      600 II EP		   ????	     ??		 no
	      MD9848		   1015	     00		 yes
	      Gallery 4800	   ????	     ??		 yes
	      Viviscan Compact II  1013	     00		 yes

       CIS scanners

	      Model:		     ASIC ID:	works:
	      ---------------------  ---------	-------
	      Mustek 600 CP & 96 CP  1015	 yes (*)
	      Mustek 1200 CP	     1015	 yes
	      Mustek 1200 CP+	     1015	 yes

	      OEM versions	     Original	works
	      ---------------------  ---------	----------
	      Medion/LifeTec/Tevion
		 MD/LT 9350/9351     1200 CP	 yes
		 MD/LT 9850/9851     1200 CP	 maybe (**)
		 MD/LT 9858	     1200 CP	 probably
		 MD/LT 9890/9891     1200 CP	 yes
	      Targa
		 Funline TS12EP	     1200 CP	 yes
		 Funline TS6EP	      600 CP	 yes
	      Trust
		 Easy Connect 9600+   600 CP	 yes
	      Cybercom
		 9352		     1200 CP	 yes (***)

       (*)     Calibration   problems  existed	with  earlier  version of this
	      driver. They seem to be solved now.

       (**)   Problems have been reported in the past for the  MD/LT9850  type
	      (striped	scans,	head moving in wrong direction at some resolu‐
	      tions). It is not known  whether	the  current  version  of  the
	      driver still has these problems.
	      IF YOU HEAR LOUD CLICKING NOISES, IMMEDIATELY UNPLUG THE SCANNER
	      !	 (This holds for any type of scanner).

       (***)  Possibly, the engine_delay parameter has to be set to 1  ms  for
	      accurate engine movements.

       Please note that this backend is still under construction. Certain mod‐
       els are currently not supported and some may never be because the  com‐
       munication protocol is still unknown (eg., SE 12000 P).

       Some scanners work faster when EPP/ECP is enabled in the BIOS. EPP mode
       however may lead to hard-locks on some Linux systems. If	 that  is  the
       case for you, you can either disable ECP/EPP in your BIOS or disable it
       in the backend itself (see GLOBAL OPTIONS).

       Note that the backend needs to run as root or has to  have  appropriate
       access  rights  to /dev/parport* if libieee1284 support is compiled in.
       To allow user access to the scanner run the backend through the network
       interface  (See	saned(8)  and sane-net(5)). Note also that the backend
       does not support parport sharing, i.e. if you try printing while	 scan‐
       ning,  your  computer may crash. To enable parport sharing, you have to
       enable libieee1284 at compile time. This backend	 also  conflicts  with
       the  sane-musteka4s2  backend.  You can only enable one of them in your
       dll.conf. However, you have to enable the backend  explicitly  in  your
       dll.conf, just remove the hash mark in the line "mustek_pp".

DEVICE DEFINITION
       This  backend  allows multiple devices being defined and configured via
       the mustek_pp.conf file (even simultaneously, provided  that  they  are
       connected  to  different parallel ports). Please make sure to edit this
       file before you use the backend.

       A device can be defined as follows:

	      scanner <name> <port name> <driver>

       where

       <name> is an arbitrary name for the device, optionally enclosed by dou‐
	      ble quotes, for instance "LifeTec 9350".

       <port  name>  is	 the  name of the parallel port to which the device is
	      connected. In case libieee1284 is used  for  communication  with
	      the  port	 (default  setup), valid port names are parport0, par‐
	      port1, and parport2.

	      In case the backend is configured for raw IO (old	 setup),  port
	      addresses	 have  to be used instead of port names: 0x378, 0x278,
	      or 0x3BC.	 The mapping of parallel ports (lp0, lp1, and lp2)  to
	      these addresses can be different for different Linux kernel ver‐
	      sions. For instance, if you are using a Kernel 2.2.x  or	better
	      and  you	have  only  one	 parallel port, this port is named lp0
	      regardless of the base address. However, this  backend  requires
	      the  base	 address  of your port. If you are not sure which port
	      your scanner is connected to, have a look at your /etc/conf.mod‐
	      ules, /etc/modules.conf and/or /proc/ioports.

	      If you are unsure which port to use, you can use the magic value
	      * to probe for your scanner.

       <driver> is the driver to use  for  this	 device.  Currently  available
	      drivers are:

	      cis600   : for 600 CP, 96 CP & OEM versions
	      cis1200  : for 1200 CP & OEM versions
	      cis1200+ : for 1200 CP+ & OEM versions
	      ccd300   : for 600 IIIE P & OEM version

	      Choosing the wrong driver can damage your scanner!
	      Especially, using the 1200CP settings on a 600CP can be harmful.
	      If the scanner starts making a loud noice, turn it  off  immedi‐
	      ately !!!
	      Using the cis600 driver on a 1200CP or a 1200CP+ is probably not
	      dangerous. The cis1200+ driver also works for  the  1200CP,  and
	      using  the  cis1200 driver on a 1200CP+ will typically result in
	      scans that cover only half of the width of the scan  area	 (also
	      not dangerous).
	      If  unsure  about the exact model of your OEM version, check the
	      optical resolution in the manual or on the box: the 600CP has  a
	      maximum  optical	resolution  of 300x600 DPI, whereas the 1200CP
	      and 1200CP+ have a maximum optical resolution of 600x1200 DPI.

       Examples:

	      scanner "LifeTec 9350" 0x378 cis1200

	      scanner Mustek_600CP 0x378 cis600

	      scanner Mustek_600IIIEP * ccd300

       If in doubt which port you have to use,	or  whether  your  scanner  is
       detected	 at all, you can use sane-find-scanner -p to probe all config‐
       ured ports.

CONFIGURATION
       The contents of the mustek_pp.conf file is a list of device definitions
       and device options that correspond to Mustek scanners.  Empty lines and
       lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored. Options have the  fol‐
       lowing format:

	      option <name> [<value>]

       Depending  on  the  nature  of  the  option,  a value may or may not be
       present.	 Options always apply to the scanner definition that  precedes
       them.  There  are  no global options. Options are also driver-specific:
       not all drivers support all possible options.

       Common options

	   bw <value> Black/white discrimination value to be used during  lin‐
		  eart	scanning. Pixel values below this value are assumed to
		  be black, values above are assumed to be white.
		  Default value: 127
		  Minimum:	   0
		  Maximum:	 255

	   Example:  option bw 150

       CIS driver options

	   top_adjust <value> Vertical adjustment of the origin, expressed  in
		  millimeter  (floating	 point).   This	 option can be used to
		  calibrate the position of the origin, within certain limits.
		  Note	that  CIS scanners are probably temperature sensitive,
		  and that a certain inaccuracy may be hard to avoid.  Differ‐
		  ences	 in  offset between runs in the order of 1 to 2 mm are
		  not unusual.
		  Default value: 0.0
		  Minimum:	-5.0
		  Maximum:	 5.0

	   Example:  option top_adjust -2.5

	   slow_skip Turns fast skipping to the start of the scan region  off.
		  When	the  region  to scan does not start at the origin, the
		  driver will try to move the scanhead to  the	start  of  the
		  scan	area  at  the  fastest possible speed. On some models,
		  this may not work, resulting in large	 inaccuracies  (up  to
		  centimeters).	  By setting this option, the driver is forced
		  to use normal speed during skipping,	which  can  circumvent
		  the  accuracy	 problems.  Currently, there are no models for
		  which these inaccuracy problems are known to occur.
		  By default, fast skipping is used.

	   Example:  option slow_skip

	   engine_delay <value> Under normal circumstances, it	is  sufficient
		  for  the  driver  to wait for the scanner signaling that the
		  engine is stable, before a new engine command can be	trans‐
		  mitted. In rare cases, certain scanners and/or parallel port
		  chipsets appear to prevent reliable detection of the	engine
		  state. As a result, engine commands are transmitted too soon
		  and the movement of the  scanner  head  becomes  unreliable.
		  Inaccuracies	ranging	 up  to	 10 cm over the whole vertical
		  scan range have been reported. To work around this  problem,
		  the engine_delay option can be set. If it is set, the driver
		  waits an additional amount of time after every  engine  com‐
		  mand, equal to the engine_delay parameter, expressed in mil‐
		  liseconds. It practice an engine_delay of 1  ms  is  usually
		  sufficient. The maximum delay is 100 ms.
		  Note that every additional ms of delay can add up to 14 sec‐
		  onds to the total scanning time (highest resolution), so  an
		  as small as possible value is preferred.
		  Default value:   0
		  Minimum:	   0
		  Maximum:	 100

	   Example:  option engine_delay 1

       CCD driver options

	   top	<value>	 Number	 of scanlines to skip to the start of the scan
		  area. The number can be any positive integer.	 Values	 known
		  to me are 47 and 56.
		  Default value: 47
		  Minimum:	 0
		  Maximum:	 none

	   Example:  option top 56

	   waitbank <value> The number of usecs to wait for a bank change. You
		  should not touch this value actually. May  be	 any  positive
		  integer
		  Default value: 700
		  Minimum:	 0
		  Maximum:	 none

	   Example:  option waitbank 700

       A sample configuration file is shown below:

	      #
	      # LifeTec/Medion 9350 on port 0x378
	      #
	      scanner "LifeTec 9350" 0x378 cis1200

		 # Some calibration options (examples!).
		 option bw 127
		 option top_skip -0.8

	      #
	      # A Mustek 600CP on port 0x3BC
	      #
	      scanner "Mustek 600CP" 0x3BC cis600

		 # Some calibration options (examples!).
		 option bw 120
		 option top_skip 1.2

	      #
	      # A Mustek 1200CP+ on port 0x278
	      #
	      scanner "Mustek 1200CP plus" 0x278 cis1200+

		 # Some calibration options (examples!).
		 option bw 130
		 option top_skip 0.2

	      #
	      # A Mustek 600 III EPP on port parport0
	      #
	      scanner "Mustek 600 III EPP" parport0 ccd300

		 # Some calibration options (examples!).
		 option bw 130
		 option top 56

GLOBAL OPTIONS
       You  can	 control  the  overall	behaviour  of the mustek_pp backend by
       global  options	which  precede	 any   scanner	 definition   in   the
       mustek_pp.conf file.
       Currently, there is only one global option:

       Global options

	   no_epp  Disable parallel port mode EPP: works around a known bug in
		  the Linux parport code. Enable this option, if  the  backend
		  hangs when trying to access the parallel port in EPP mode.
		  Default value: use EPP

	   Example:  option no_epp

FILES
       /system/resources/sane-backends/1.0.18/etc/sane.d/mustek_pp.conf
	      The   backend   configuration  file  (see	 also  description  of
	      SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /system/resources/sane-backends/1.0.18/lib/sane/libsane-mustek_pp.a
	      The static library implementing this backend.

       /system/resources/sane-backends/1.0.18/lib/sane/libsane-mustek_pp.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.  Under UNIX, the directories
	      are  separated  by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
	      by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the config‐
	      uration  file is searched in two default directories: first, the
	      current	working	  directory   (".")   and   then   in	 /sys‐
	      tem/resources/sane-backends/1.0.18/etc/sane.d.   If the value of
	      the environment variable ends with the directory separator char‐
	      acter,  then  the	 default  directories  are  searched after the
	      explicitly  specified   directories.    For   example,   setting
	      SANE_CONFIG_DIR  to  "/tmp/config:"  would result in directories
	      "tmp/config",	".",	 and	 "/system/resources/sane-back‐
	      ends/1.0.18/etc/sane.d" being searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK_PP
	      If  the  library	was  compiled with debug support enabled, this
	      environment variable controls the debug level for this  backend.
	      E.g.,  a	value  of 128 requests all debug output to be printed.
	      Smaller levels reduce verbosity.

	      level   debug output
	      ------- ------------------------------
	       0       nothing
	       1       errors
	       2       warnings & minor errors
	       3       additional information
	       4       debug information
	       5       code flow (not supported yet)
	       6       special debug information

       SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_PA4S2
	      This variable sets the debug level for the  SANE	interface  for
	      the  Mustek chipset A4S2. Note that enabling this will spam your
	      terminal with some million lines of debug output.

	      level   debug output
	      ------- -------------------------------
	       0       nothing
	       1       errors
	       2       warnings
	       3       things nice to know
	       4       code flow
	       5       detailed code flow
	       6       everything

SEE ALSO
       sane(7), sane-mustek(5), sane-net(5), saned(8), sane-find-scanner(1)

       For latest bug fixes and information see
	      http://www.penguin-breeder.org/sane/mustek_pp/

       For additional information on the CIS driver, see
	      http://home.tiscali.be/eddy_de_greef/

AUTHORS
       Jochen Eisinger <jochen.eisinger@gmx.net>
       Eddy De Greef <eddy_de_greef at scarlet dot be>

BUGS
       Too    many...	  please     send     bug     reports	  to	 sane-
       devel@lists.alioth.debian.org (note that you have to subscribe first to
       the  list  before  you  can   send   emails...	see   http://www.sane-
       project.org/mailing-lists.html)

BUG REPORTS
       If  something doesn't work, please contact us (Jochen for the CCD scan‐
       ners, Eddy for the CIS scanners). But we need  some  information	 about
       your scanner to be able to help you...

       SANE version
	      run "scanimage -V" to determine this

       the backend version and your scanner hardware
	      run  "SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK_PP=128  scanimage	 -L"  as  root. If you
	      don't get any output from the mustek_pp  backend,	 make  sure  a
	      line  "mustek_pp"	 is included into your /system/resources/sane-
	      backends/1.0.18/etc/sane.d/dll.conf.   If	 your  scanner	 isn't
	      detected,	 make  sure  you've  defined the right port address in
	      your mustek_pp.conf.

       the name of your scanner/vendor
	      also a worthy information. Please also include the optical reso‐
	      lution  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.

       some nice greetings

			       November 17 2003		     sane-mustek_pp(5)
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