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.TH sane-plustek 5 "10 November 2000"
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.SH NAME
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sane-plustek - SANE backend for Plustek parallel port flatbed scanners
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B sane-plustek
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library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that
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provides access to Plustek parallel port flatbed scanners. The backend
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needs the kernel module pt_drv which currently can be downloaded from
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.B http://home.t-online.de/home/g-jaeger/plustek.html
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At present, the following scanners should work with this backend:
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Model: ASIC: Properties:
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OpticPro 9636T/12000T 98001 600x1200 dpi 36bit 512Kb
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OpticPro 12000P Turbo 98001 600x1200 dpi 36bit 512Kb
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OpticPro 9636P+/Turbo 98001 600x1200 dpi 36bit 512Kb
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OpticPro 9636P 98001 600x1200 dpi 36bit 512Kb
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OpticPro 12000P/96000P 96003 600x1200 dpi 30bit 128Kb
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OpticPro 9600P 96003 600x1200 dpi 30bit 128Kb
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OpticPro 9630P/FBIV 96003 600x1200 dpi 30bit 128Kb
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OpticPro 9630PL (14") 96003 600x1200 dpi 30bit 128Kb
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OpticPro A3I 96003 400x800 dpi 30bit 128Kb
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OpticPro 600P/6000P 96003 300x600 dpi 30bit 32Kb
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OpticPro 4831P 96003 300x600 dpi 30bit 32Kb
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OpticPro 4830P/FBIII 96003 300x600 dpi 30bit 32Kb
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OpticPro 4800P/FBII 96001 300x600 dpi 24bit 32Kb
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.SH "OTHER PLUSTEK SCANNERS"
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This driver only supports the parallelport scanners from Plustek.
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It is not planned to support the USB devices (OP 1212U, U12, UT12).
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The SCSI scanner OpticPro 19200S is a rebadged Artec AM12S scanner
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and is supported by the
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backend.
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ASIC 98003 based models (OpticPro P8, P12 and PT12) are currently
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not supported.
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.PP
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.SH "PRIMAX SCANNERS"
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There are some scanners sold by Primax, but they are in fact
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Plustek devices. These scanners are also supported.
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The following table will show the relationship:
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Model: Plustek Model: Remarks:
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Colorado 4800 OpticPro 4800 not tested
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Compact 4800 Direct OpticPro 600 mov=2
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Compact 4800 Direct 30bit OpticPro 4830 not tested
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Compact 9600 Direct 30bit OpticPro 9630 works
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.SH "ARIES SCANNERS"
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There's one scanner sold as Aries Scanner, but is in fact a
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Plustek device.
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The following table will show the relationship:
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Model: Plustek Model: Remarks:
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Scan-It 4800 OpticPro 600 mov=2
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.SH "DEVICE NAMES"
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This backend expects a default device called:
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.RS
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.I /dev/pt_drv
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.RE
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This default device will be used, if no configuration
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file can be found.
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The device-driver is currently not part of the SANE distribution.
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It has to be downloaded from:
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.B http://home.t-online.de/home/g-jaeger/plustek.html
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See the INSTALL file there for a proper setup. Currently only Linux
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is supported by this driver (Kernel 2.2.x and higher).
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.PP
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As the backend and the driver support up to four devices
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per system, it is possible to specify them in the configuration
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file
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.RS
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.I @CONFIGDIR@/plustek.conf
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.RE
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See the plustek.conf file for examples.
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.PP
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.SH CONFIGURATION
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As the driver is a loadable kernel module, it is configured
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by invoking insmod with the approriate parameters or
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appending the options to the file
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.B /etc/conf.modules
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The Options:
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lampoff=lll
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The value
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.I lll
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tells the driver, after how many seconds to
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switch-off the lamp(s). The default value is 180.
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0 will disable this feature.
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.B HINT:
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Do not use a value that is too small, because often
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switching on/off the lamps will reduce their lifetime.
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.RE
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port=ppp
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.I ppp
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specifies the port base address, where the scanner
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is connected to. The default value is 0x378 which
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normaly is standard.
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.RE
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warmup=www
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.RS
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.I www
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specifies the time in seconds, how long a lamp has to be on,
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until the driver will start to scan. The default value is 30.
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.RE
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lOffonEnd=e
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.I e
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specifies the behaviour when unloading the driver, 1 --> switch
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lamps off, 0 --> do not change lamp status
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.RE
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mov=m
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.RS
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.I m
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=0 - default: no override
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.I m
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=1 - OpticPro 9630PL override (works if OP9630
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has been detected) forces legal size (14")
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.I m
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=2 - Primax 4800Direct override (works if OP600
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has been detected) swaps red/green color
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.I m
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=3 - OpticPro 9636 override (works if OP9636 has
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been detected) disables backends
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transparency/negativ capabilities
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=4 - OpticPro 9636P override (works if OP9636 has
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been detected) disables backends
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transparency/negativ capabilities
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=5 - OpticPro A3I override (works if OP12000 has
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been detected) enables A3 scanning
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.RE
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Sample entry for file
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.I alias char-major-40 pt_drv
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.I post-install pt_drv modprobe -k parport
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.I options pt_drv lampoff=180 warmup=15 port=0x378 lOffonEnd=0 mov=0
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.PP
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For multidevice support, simply add values separated by commas to
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the different options
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.I options pt_drv port=0x378,0x278 mov=0,4
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Remember to call depmod after changing /etc/conf.modules.
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.SH "PARALLEL PORT MODES"
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The current driver works best, when the parallel port
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has been set to EPP-mode. When detecting any other
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mode such as ECP or PS/2 the driver tries to set to a
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faster, supported mode. If this fails, it will use the
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SPP mode, as this mode should work with all Linux supported
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parallel ports.
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.PP
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Former Plustek scanner models (4830, 9630) supplied a
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ISA parallel port adapter card. This card is
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supported by the driver.
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.PP
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The ASIC 96001/3 based models have sometimes trouble with
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high resolution modes. If you encounter sporadic corrupted
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images (parts duplicated or shifted horizontally) kill all
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other applications before scanning and (if sufficient
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memory available) disable swapping.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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.I @CONFIGDIR@/plustek.conf
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The backend configuration file
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.I @LIBDIR@/libsane-plustek.a
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The static library implementing this backend.
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.I @LIBDIR@/libsane-plustek.so
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The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that
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support dynamic loading).
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.TP
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.I /lib/modules/<Kernel-Version>/misc/pt_drv.o
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The Linux Kernelmodule.
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.PP
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.SH "CONTACT AND BUG-REPORTS"
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Please send any information and bug-reports to:
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or directly to:
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.B Gerhard Jaeger <g.jaeger@earthling.net>
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Additional info and hints can be obtained in our
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Mailing-List archive at:
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.B http://www.linuxhacker.org/listscgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/3
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.SH "BUGS & RESTRICTIONS"
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* The Halftoning works, but the quality is poor
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* Printers (especially HP models) will start to
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print during scanning. This in fact is a problem
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to other printers too, using bidirectional protocol
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(see www.plustek.com (TAIWAN) page for further details)
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* The driver does not support these manic scalings up
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to 16 times the physical resolution. The only scaling
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is done on resolutions between the physical resolution
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of the CDD-sensor and the stepper motor i.e. you have a
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600dpi but the motor is capable to perform 800dpi steps.
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* On some devices, the pictures seems to be bluished
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* The scanned images seem to be too dark (P9636T)
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* 30bit mode is currently not supported.
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* On low-end systems and under heavy system load, the
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driver will loosing data, this might causes the sensor
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to hit the scan-bed and/or the picture is corrupted.
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* The scanspeed on 600x1200 dpi models is slow.
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