sane-hp(5)

NAME
sane-hp - SANE backend for HP ScanJet scanners

DESCRIPTION
The sane-hp library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to HP ScanJet scanners and OfficeJet multi-function peripherals (MFPs) which support SCL (Scanner Control Language by HP). At present, the following scanners are known positively to work with this backend:

    Model: Product id: Interface:
    ---------- ----------- ----------
    ScanJet Plus C9195A HP Parallel Interface Card
    ScanJet IIc C1750A 3226 SCSI
    ScanJet IIcx C2500A 3332 SCSI
    ScanJet IIp C1790A SCSI
    ScanJet 3C C2520A 3503 SCSI
    ScanJet 3P C2570A 3406 SCSI
    ScanJet 4C C2520A SCSI
    ScanJet 4P C1130A 3540 SCSI
    ScanJet 4100C C6290A USB
    ScanJet 5P C5110A SCSI
    ScanJet 5100C C5190A parallel port
    ScanJet 5200C C7190A 3846 parallel port/USB
    ScanJet 6100C C2520A 3644 SCSI
    ScanJet 6200C C6270A 3828 SCSI/USB
    ScanJet 6250C C6270A 3828 SCSI/USB
    ScanJet 6300C C7670A SCSI/USB
    ScanJet 6350C C7670A SCSI/USB
    ScanJet 6390C C7670A SCSI/USB
    PhotoSmart C5100A R029,R030,R032 SCSI
    OfficeJet Pro 1150C PTAL
    OfficeJet Pro 1170C/1175C PTAL
    OfficeJet R series PTAL
    PSC 500 series PTAL
    OfficeJet G series PTAL
    PSC 700 series PTAL
    OfficeJet K series PTAL
    OfficeJet V series PTAL

Support for models 5100C/5200C connected to the parallel port requires the ppSCSI driver available at http://www.torque.net/parport/ppscsi.html (under development)

Support for models 5200C/6200C/6250C/6300C/6350C connected to the USB requires an USB driver available at http://www.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb (under development)

Support for OfficeJet MFPs requires the "HP OfficeJet Linux driver", available at "http://hpoj.sourceforge.net". The "PTAL" (peripheral transport abstraction library) interface supports peripherals connected to a parallel port or USB (using the user-mode "ptal-mlcd" driver provided with hpoj-0.8 or later), or to a LAN with an HP JetDirect external print server. Supported parallel-port JetDirects include the 70X, 170X, 300X, and 500X (with firmware x.07.xx or later; x.08.xx or later required for the G and K series). The JetDirect 175X is supported for USB peripherals.

If you own a ScanJet scanner other than the ones listed above, please let us know if your model works with this backend. To do this, send a mail with the relevant information for your scanner to sane-devel@mostang.com.

DEVICE NAMES
This backend expects device names of the form:

    special

Where special is the UNIX path-name for the special device that corresponds to the scanner. For SCSI scanners the special device name must be a generic SCSI device or a symlink to such a device. Under Linux, such a device name could be /dev/sga or /dev/sg2, for example. For the HP ScanJet Plus the special device name must be the device that corresponds to the parallel interface card that was shipped with the scanner. That is /dev/hpscan A special driver is required for this card. See ftp://rvs.ctrl-c.liu.se/pub/wingel/hpscan for details. If the link does not work, try ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scanners.

For OfficeJets connected to a parallel port or USB, the format of special is
    mlc:par:0
or
    mlc:usb:0
respectively, substituting if necessary for "0" the suffix specified when invoking the ptal-mlcd driver.

For OfficeJets connected to an HP JetDirect print server, the format of special is
    hpjd:HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS[:PORT_NUMBER]
where
    HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS
is the hostname or dotted-decimal IP address of the JetDirect, and
    PORT_NUMBER
is either 1, 2, or 3 to select the port number on a three-port JetDirect 500X. The default is port 1.

CONFIGURATION
The contents of the hp.conf file is a list of options and device names that correspond to HP ScanJet scanners. Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored. See sane-scsi(5) on details of what constitutes a valid device name.

Options specified infront of the first line that keeps a device name are defaults for all devices. Options specified below a line that keeps a device name apply just to the most recently mentioned device.

Supported options are connect-scsi, connect-device, connect-ptal and enable-image-buffering. Option connect-scsi specifies that the scanner is connected to the system by SCSI. Input/output is performed using SCSI-commands. This is the default. Option connect-device specifies that the scanner is connected to the system by a special device. Input/output is performed by read()/write()-operations on the device. This option must be used for HP ScanJet Plus and scanners connected to the USB. However if the scanner requires an USB driver that simulates a SCSI device, connect-scsi might be used. Option connect-ptal specifies that the scanner uses the PTAL interface via the libptal shared library. This option must be used for the OfficeJet MFPs. Support for OfficeJet MFPs is added to the backend at compile time. If you get the error message "hp-backend not compiled with PTAL support", you need to install PTAL (see above) and rebuild SANE (running configure and make). Option enable-image-buffering stores the scanned image in memory before passing it to the frontend. Could be used in case of forward/backward moving scanner lamp.

  A sample configuration file is shown below:

    /dev/scanner
    # this is a comment
    /dev/hpscan
      option connect-device

/dev/scanner is typically a symlink to the actual scanner device.

  A sample configuration file for OfficeJets is shown below:

    # SCSI scanner:
    /dev/scanner

    # Parallel-port-connected MFP:
    mlc:par:0
    option connect-ptal

    # USB-connected MFP:
    mlc:usb:0
    option connect-ptal

    # JetDirect-connected MFPs:
    hpjd:my-jdex.my-domain.com
    option connect-ptal
    hpjd:my-500x.my-domain.com:3
    option connect-ptal
    hpjd:10.10.10.35:2
    option connect-ptal

FILES

@CONFIGDIR@/hp.conf
    The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

@LIBDIR@/libsane-hp.a
    The static library implementing this backend.

@LIBDIR@/libsane-hp.so
    The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dynamic loading).

$HOME/.sane/calib-hp:<device>.dat
    Calibration data for HP PhotoSmart PhotoScanner that is retrieved from the scanner after calibration. The data is uploaded to the scanner at start of the backend if it is in media mode 'print media' or if the media mode is changed to 'print media'.

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 @CONFIGDIR@. 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 "@CONFIGDIR@" being searched (in this order).

SANE_DEBUG_HP
    If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this environment variable controls the debug level for this backend. E.g., a value of 128 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller levels reduce verbosity.

BUGS

HP PhotoSmart PhotoScanner
    In media mode 'slide' and 'negative', scan resolutions are rounded to multiple of 300 dpi. The scanner does not scale the data correctly on other resolutions. Some newer models (firmware code R030 and later) do not support adjustment of contrast/intensity level and tone map. The backend will simulate this by software, but only for gray and 24 bit color.

Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
    For use of the ADF with xscanimage(1), first place paper in the ADF and then change option scan source to 'ADF'. Press 'change document' to load a sheet. Then press 'scan' to start a scan. Maybe it is sufficient to press 'scan' without 'change document' for repeated scans. The use of the preview window is not recommended when working with the ADF.

Immediate actions
    Some actions in xscanimage(1) (i.e. unload, select media, calibrate) have an immediate effect on the scanner without starting a scan. These options can not be used with scanimage.

Advertised but unsupported commands
    Some actions, such as mirror, are advertised by the OfficeJets but actually have no effect. Contrast and brightness are simulated by the backend for these devices. >8-bit scans, which require xsane(1) anyway, may not work.

OfficeJet ADF issues
    The OfficeJet R and G series are capable of scanning 8.5"x14" documents in the ADF using a two-pass scanning method, but this is not currently supported in the backend. The OfficeJet 1175 and R series refuse to unload an ADF-loaded document after scanning, and instead display a message on the front panel prompting the user to remove the document from the glass and press a button to continue; the OfficeJet G series doesn't have this problem, however. The OfficeJet G, K, and V series automatically unload an ADF-loaded document when the scan channel is closed, particularly after an idle timeout when connected to an HP JetDirect.

OfficeJet K series and V series
    The K and V series feature a "scrollfed" scanner, where the paper is fed across a stationary scanhead, as opposed to flatbed, where the scanhead moves across the page. A consequence of this difference is that the document length is not known in advance; the scan stops when the end of the document is reached. To perform a scan, you must first click on "Change document", and then start your preview or regular scan. If necessary, click on "Cancel" when the scan stops. If there are more documents to scan, click on "Change document" again to advance to the next page and repeat the procedure; otherwise, click on "Unload" to completely unload the page. An alternative for non-preview scans is to set the page length (option "br-y") to slightly less than the known page length, for example, 10.5 inches for an 8.5"x11" page. This will eliminate the need to cancel the scan, but you still need to click on "Change document" before each scan and "Unload" after the last page. Note that due to the use of the "Change document" and "Unload" options, you will probably not be able to use the command-line "scanimage" program with the K or V series, not even the "-T" or "--test" parameters.

TODO

HP PhotoSmart PhotoScanner
    PhotoScanners with firmware release R030 and up have no firmware support for contrast/brightness/gamma table. In the current backend this is simulated by software on 24 bits data. Simulation on 30 bits should give better results.

Data widths greater than 8 bits
    Custom gamma table does not work.

Parallel scanner support
    Beside the ScanJet Plus which came with its own parallel interface card, currently only the HP ScanJet 5100C/5200C are supported. These scanners are using an internal parallel-to-SCSI converter which is supported by the ppSCSI-driver (see above).

Scrollfed MFP support
    A separate backend is planned to properly support the OfficeJet K and V series, as well as other non-SCL HP MFPs, such as the OfficeJet 500, 600, 700, T, and PSC 300 series and the LaserJet 1100A, 1220, and 3200. Experimental scanning support for these models is under development; see the HP OfficeJet Linux driver project at http://hpoj.sourceforge.net for more information.

LaserJet 3100 and 3150
    Support for the LaserJet 3100 and 3150 is NOT planned, because programming information for these models is not available. However, if you have a LaserJet 3150 connected to a JetDirect 70X/170X/300X/500X with firmware x.08.xx or later, you can scan using the JetDirect's embedded web server.

SEE ALSO
sane(7), sane-scsi(5)

AUTHOR
The sane-hp backend was written by Geoffrey T. Dairiki. HP PhotoSmart PhotoScanner support by Peter Kirchgessner. HP OfficeJet support by David Paschal.