[sane-devel] fujitsu 5120c --souce error invalid argument

[m. allan noah]

On 6/25/07, Skorous <skorous at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure allan will respond to this shortly as he's pretty active on
> the list but since I'm here right now: are you sure you're using the
> argument properly? Have you tried quoting the argument ( i.e. --source
> "ADF Duplex" )? I use those options with the 3091DC and it works fine
> ( same backend ).
>

yes- if you find that quoting the source option does not help, then
you will need to get a debug log so we can troubleshoot.

the backend should work with scsi just fine, though i dont know what
the scanner will think about low speeds.

you probably want to use the cvs version of sane, there have been some
updates since 1.0.18 was released.

allan

> Marty
>
> On 6/25/07, patrick blanchard <dspcypher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > first, thanks to the sane team and the fujitsu backenders.
> >
> > 1.0.18 builds on ubuntu 6.06.1 and scanimage works well w/ most options that
> > i tested so far - color, batch... and i'm still testing different options to
> > scanimage.
> >
> > however, the ADF Front, ADF Back, ADF Duplex option of course defaults to
> > ADF Front and any option passed to scanimage --source foo returns an invalid
> > arg. I think this is the reason why xscanner is broken btw, because it tries
> > to pass --source and returns an error. also, i am using scsi, and have set
> > scsi eeprom to the lowest async settings available. i'm testing for
> > synchronous and higher speeds right now
> >
> > so here is my question. will you help me configure or change makefile to
> > build just for fujitsu 5120c? or, even better, to help me debug the backend
> > so the --source option works?
> >
> > fwiw, i work w/ embedded systems and use simple makefiles only. however, i
> > am reading the auto* toolset documentation because i have an interest in
> > porting some of my projects. i plan on working this fujitsu backend as a
> > learning tool for the auto* toolset.
> >
> > also, this fujitsu 5120c was chosen for it's duplex and insurance card
> > scanning ability - and specifically requested by a client for intallation
> > into a medical clinic. i don't really need xscanner to work but it would be
> > nice and i think once the --source option is working then xscanner will too.
> >
> > thanks again to any and all replies.
> >
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