[sane-devel] fujitsu scanner owners needed

extobias extobias at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 20:47:48 UTC 2008 

you also change duplex option or anything like that?
i cant use duplex scan with last backend i have.


extobias wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:28 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM, extobias <extobias at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> m. allan noah-3 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 6/7/08, spammed <spammed at get2net.dk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 09:48 -0400, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>  In the past few weeks, I have made several updates to the fujitsu
>>>>> sane
>>>>> backend. I don't really have a good list of testers, so I am putting
>>>>> out a call for all fujitsu backend users to please try the current
>>>>> version from SANE CVS.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I have done some testing with my fi-5110-EOX and scanimage. The
>>>>> backend+scanimage is from CVS as of 5 June.
>>>>>  Particular areas to watch out for:
>>>>> 1. JPEG output is now possible, but will only work with scanimage from
>>>>> cvs, or some other sane 1.1 compliant frontend
>>>>>
>>>>>  JPEG output works fine. Is the compression done by the scanner or
>>>>> the
>>>>> backend?
>>>>
>>>>>the scanner itself. it appears that every fi-series Fujitsu might be
>>>>>able to do this.
>>>>
>>>>>  2. The mechanism for determining the color interlace mode is now
>>>>> automatic, so please see if color scans look weird, particularly if
>>>>> the scanner has done a color scan in windows without being power
>>>>> cycled.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Not really tested, but no problems observed.
>>>>
>>>>>if a non-jpeg color scan looks ok, then that is all the testing we need
>>> really.
>>>>
>>>>>  [...]
>>>>> 4. the scanner device is now named 'fujitsu:model:serial' instead of
>>>>> the system provided name, if the scanner supports serial number
>>>>> detection. please verify that the new name actually matches your
>>>>> scanner :)
>>>>>
>>>>>  Model and serial is correct.
>>>>
>>>>>cool.
>>>> ~anoah/fujitsu/
>>>>>  5. initialization code has changed somewhat, the backend should find
>>>>> scanners if they are plugged in after the front-end starts (requires
>>>>> custom daemon frontend to test, I dont know of any in the wild)
>>>>>
>>>>>  Not tested, would need instructions...
>>>>
>>>>>right- i don't actually have a frontend that does this, so lets not
>>>>>worry about it.
>>>>
>>>> I have one, and works. but take more time to scan.
>>>> Sometime it never come back.
>>>> I also tested with the old snap i have (2008-05-08) and
>>>> work really nice.
>>
>> can you get a debug log of the backend in action when the slowness
>> occurs?
>>
> 
> yeap, but seems like problem only happen when
> i plug the scanner and press scan button
> immediately. If i wait 3 o 4 second before pressed
> no problem at all. I just wait then.
> this is the log anyway.
> 
> [fujitsu] sane_read: start
> [fujitsu] read_from_buffer: start
> [fujitsu] read_from_buffer: si:0 to:589745 tx:589323 re:422 bu:211 pa:211
> [fujitsu] read_from_buffer: finish
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: start
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: finish 0
> [fujitsu] sane_read: finish 0
> [fujitsu] sane_read: start
> [fujitsu] read_from_buffer: start
> [fujitsu] read_from_buffer: si:0 to:589745 tx:589534 re:211 bu:211 pa:211
> [fujitsu] read_from_buffer: finish
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: start
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: finish 0
> [fujitsu] sane_read: finish 0
> [fujitsu] sane_get_parameters: start
> [fujitsu] sane_get_parameters: started, copying to caller
> [fujitsu] sane_get_parameters: scan_x=1688, Bpl=211, depth=1
> [fujitsu] sane_get_parameters: scan_y=2795, frame=0, last=1
> [fujitsu] sane_get_parameters: finish
> [fujitsu] sane_cancel: start
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: start
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: cancelling
> [fujitsu] scanner_control: start
> [fujitsu] scanner_control: function 4
> [fujitsu] do_usb_cmd: start
> [fujitsu] do_usb_cmd: finish
> [fujitsu] scanner_control: success, tries 1, ret 0
> [fujitsu] scanner_control: finish
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: finish 2
> [fujitsu] sane_cancel: finish
> [fujitsu] sane_cancel: start
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: start
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: already cancelled
> [fujitsu] check_for_cancel: finish 2
> [fujitsu] sane_cancel: finish
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>>>
>>>>>  6. please test page-width and page-height support, it seems that some
>>>>> cheaper scanners don't work.
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> Known issues:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> 2. page-width and page-height don't seem to work for the fi-5110EOX,
>>>>> needs software emulation
>>>>>
>>>>>  As previously found, page-width is ignored. I am all set to test any
>>>>> improvements on this front :-)
>>>>
>>>>>right. going to need to simulate in software for your machine. i
>>>>>wonder how many others have the same problem?
>>>>
>>>> Im using fi-5120c and works fine, the only condition is that i
>>>> have to set first page-* before setting tl-* and bt-* options.
>>
>> yes- the page-* params control the maximum ranges for tl-* and br-*
>>
>>>>
>>>>>  The page-height option works as expected in combination with
>>>>> dfdetect=Length except that dfdiff seems to be fixed at 10mm.
>>>>
>>>>>odd. do you get an error when you set the other lengths?
>>>>
>>>>  A long page
>>>>> (paper jam) occurring as the last sheet of a batch is detected only on
>>>>> the
>>>>> next invocation of scanimage. (May be a limitation of the scanner's
>>>>> detection mechanism, or a scanimage issue?)
>>>>
>>>>>hmm, i need to look into that. it is possible that the scanner does
>>>>>not report the error to us until after the page is fully sent, so
>>>> ?t?here is no way to inform the front-end.
>>>>
>>>>>  Some additional observations about this scanner, for the record:
>>>>>
>>>>>  - dfdetect=Thickness is ignored.
>>>>
>>>>>this machine must not have a thinkness sensor. i wonder if this
>>>>>applies to the S5xx series too?
>>>>
>>>>>  - the overscan option seems to be ignored, although I am not sure I
>>>>> fully
>>>>> understand its purpose. The output looks identical, with no additional
>>>>> space
>>>>> at the top. What is the bgcolor option mentioned in the --help -d
>>>>> output?
>>>>
>>>>>when overscan is enabled, the x and y values of the scan area can
>>>>>extend slightly larger than the page width, and the scanner outputs a
>>>>>few mm of the background before the top of the page hits the sensor.
>>>>>if your machine has a white background stripe behind the sensor, try
>>>>>scanning a darker sheet and see if the white background shows above.
>>>>
>>>>>the bgcolor option is only for scanners which have a servo driven
>>>>>black/white background in the adf, such as the fi-5120C
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  - the sleeptimer option works, but does not put the scanner as such
>>>>> into
>>>>> sleep mode. It just dims the scanner lamps after the specified
>>>>> interval
>>>>> if
>>>>> no paper is inserted.
>>>>
>>>>>that is fujitsu's idea of sleep, lamp at half brightness, and any
>>>>>operator panel lights off (other than power?) i dont think there is a
>>>>>way to turn the lamp off entirely.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Btw, there seems to be a bit of weirdness going on if these last two
>>>>> options are both present on the command line (individually they are
>>>>> accepted):
>>>>>
>>>>>  $ scanimage -n --sleeptimer=5 --overscan=Off
>>>>>  scanimage: rounded value of sleeptimer from 5 to 5
>>>>>  scanimage: setting of option --overscan failed (Invalid argument)
>>>>>  $ scanimage -n --overscan=Off --sleeptimer=5
>>>>>  scanimage: setting of option --sleeptimer failed (Invalid argument)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>weird. let me try this myself and get back to you.
>>>>
>>>>>allan
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>>>
>>> Tobias.
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>> allan
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