[sane-devel] ADF Epson Expression 1640XL problems

[khk@khk.net]

I don't know if this fixes your problem, but you should put the
argument to the --source option in quotes:

--source "Automatic Document Feeder"

This is necessary for all options that have spaces in them.

Karl Heinz

> Hi,
>
> I have the problem: "scanimage" utility (sane-backends) doesn't work
> with ADF.
>
> Command used:
> scanimage -v --batch=sheet%d.tif --batch-start=0 --batch-count=3 --mode
> Gray
> --resolution 600 --source Automatic Document Feeder -x 202 -y 203
> --eject --auto-eject=on
>
> When the command started, scanner begins to scan in Flatbed mode. It
> scans 3 times and the program creates 3 TIF files. But it doesn't use
> the paper in ADF.
>
> However, if there is no paper in ADF, the program gives the messages:
>
> Scanning 3 pages, incrementing by 1, numbering from 0
> Scanning page 0
> [epson] ADF: no paper
> scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument
> scanimage: read 0 bytes in total
> Scanned page 0. (scanner status = 4)
>
> ...and completes the work.
>
> Hardware configuration:
> Scanner Epson Expression 1640XL, model G650C.
> Interface used - SCSI.
> Automatic Document Feeder Epson, model EU-45 (A3 size).
> Computer - Dell Workstation Precision 530, Dual Xeon 2,0 GHz, RAM 512
> Mb.
> SCSI adapter - Adaptec AVA 2906 PCI.
>
> Software:
> OS - Linux (RH 7.3), Kernel 2.4.18-3smp.
> sane-backends-1.0.8-5
> xsane-0.88-1
> sane-frontends-1.0.8-2
>
> Bye, Alexandre.
>
>
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