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.TH sane-umax 5 "23 June 2000"
.IX sane-umax
.SH NAME
sane-umax - SANE backend for UMAX scanners
.SH ABOUT THIS FILE
This file only is a short descripton of the umax-backend for sane! For detailled information take a look at
sane-umax-doc.html (it is included in the sane source directory and in the xsane online help)!
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B sane-umax
library implements a SANE backend that provides acces to several UMAX-SCSI-scanners and some Linotye Hell SCSI-scanners,
parallel- and USB-scanners are not (and propably will never be) supported!
.B I suggest you hold one hand on the power-button of the scanner while you try the first scans!
.SH CONFIGURATION
The configuration file for this backend resides in
/usr/local/etc/sane.d/umax.conf.
Its contents is a list of device names that correspond to UMAX and UMAX compatible scanners. Empty lines
and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored. A sample configuration file is
shown below:
#scsi Vendor Model Type Bus Channel ID LUN
scsi UMAX * Scanner * * * * *
/dev/scanner
# this is a comment
/dev/sge
The special device name must be a generic SCSI device or a symlink to such a device.
To find out to which device your scanner is assigned and how you have to set the
permissions of that device, have a look at sane-scsi.
.SH SCSI ADAPTER TIPS
The ISA-SCSI-adapters that are shipped with some Umax-scanners are not supported very
well by Linux (I suggest not to use it), the PCI-SCSI-adapters that come with some
Umax-scanners are not supported at all (as far as I know). On other platforms these
SCSI-adapters are not supported. So you typically need to purchase another SCSI-adapter
that is supported by your platform. See the relevant hardware FAQs and HOWTOs for your
platform for more information.
The UMAX-scanners do block the scsi-bus for a few seconds while scanning. It is not
necessary to connect the scanner to its own SCSI-adapter. But if you need short
response time for your SCSI-harddisk (e.g. if your computer is a file-server) or
other scsi devices, I suggest you use an own SCSI-adapter for your UMAX-scanner.
If you have any problems with your Umax scanner, check your scsi chain
(cable length, termination, ...).
See also: sane-scsi(5)
.SH FILES
The backend configuration file:
/usr/local/etc/sane.d/umax.conf
The static library implementing this backend:
/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-umax.a
The shared library implementing this backend :
/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-umax.so
(present on systems that support dynamic loading)
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.B SANE_DEBUG_UMAX
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:
SANE_DEBUG_UMAX values
.DS
.sp
.ft CR
.nf
Number Remark
0 print important errors (printed each time)
1 print errors
2 print sense
3 print warnings
4 print scanner-inquiry
5 print informations
6 print less important informations
7 print called procedures
8 print reader_process messages
10 print called sane-init-routines
11 print called sane-procedures
12 print sane infos
13 print sane option-control messages
Example:
export SANE_DEBUG_UMAX=8
.SH BUGS
X-resolutions greater than 600 dpi sometimes make problems
.SH AUTHOR
Oliver Rauch
.SH EMAIL-CONTACT
Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE