[sane-devel] Epson 1660 Photo

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 06:08 PM, Thomas Guettler wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I just bouht a Epson 1660 Photo.
>
> I works fine, thank you all for this!
>
> Two small issues:
>
> 1:
>
> ==root@sonne:~# scanimage --list-devices
> device `epson:/dev/usb/scanner0' is a Epson GT-8300 flatbed scanner
>
> Why GT-8300? I have a 1660 Photo.
>
> "cd sane-source; grep -r 8300 *" did not show anything about a GT-8300.

See the last "Frequently asked question" on my  FAQ page: 
http://www.khk.net/sane/faq.html
>
> 2:
>
> Scanned negatives look faded. The colors are too white. After color
> equalize in gimp it looks quite good. Except that human skin is a bit
> to blue.
>
> Any hints?

Correcting negatives is something you either have to do manually, or 
you have to use a
frontend that automates this.

Karl Heinz