sane\-p5
Section: SANE Scanner Access Now Easy (5)
Updated: 15 Feb 2010
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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
- /etc/sane.d/p5.conf
-
The backend configuration file (see also description of
SANE_CONFIG_DIR
below).
- /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-p5.a
-
The static library implementing this backend.
- /usr/lib64/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. 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 configuration file
is searched in two default directories: first, the current working
directory (".") and then in
/etc/sane.d.
If the value of the
environment variable ends with the directory separator character, 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
/etc/sane.d
being searched (in this order).
- SANE_DEBUG_P5
-
If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
environment variable controls the debug level for this backend. E.g.,
a value of 255 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller
levels 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
Stéphane Voltz
<
stef.dev@free.fr>
CREDITS
Support for the Prima PagePartner has been made possible thank to an hardware donation
by Sébastien 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 label 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
/etc/sane.d/dll.conf.
If your scanner isn't detected, make sure you've defined the right port address, or the
correct device
in your p5.conf.
- the name of your scanner/vendor
-
also a worthy information. Please also include the optical resolution 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.