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<H1>sane-bh.5</H1>
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<!-- Manpage converted by man2html 3.0.1 -->
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<B><A HREF="sane-bh.5.html">sane-bh(5)</A></B> SANE Scanner Access Now Easy <B><A HREF="sane-bh.5.html">sane-bh(5)</A></B>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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sane-bh - SANE backend for Bell+Howell Copiscan II series document
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scanners
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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The <B>sane-bh</B> library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend
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that provides access to Bell+Howell Copiscan II series document scan‐
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ners. The Copiscan II 6338 has been the primary scanner model used
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during development and testing, but since the programming interface for
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the entire series is consistent the backend should work for the follow‐
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ing scanner models.
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COPISCAN II 6338 Duplex Scanner with ACE
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COPISCAN II 2135 Simplex Scanner
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COPISCAN II 2137(A) Simplex Scanner (with ACE)
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COPISCAN II 2138A Simplex Scanner with ACE
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COPISCAN II 3238 Simplex Scanner
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COPISCAN II 3338(A) Simplex Scanner (with ACE)
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If you have a Bell+Howell scanner and are able to test it with this
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backend, please contact <I>sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net</I> with the
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model number and testing results. Have a look at
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http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html concerning subscription
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to sane-devel. Additionally, the author is curious as to the likelihood
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of using this backend with the newer 4000 and 8000 series scanners. If
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you have such a beast, please let me know.
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The Bell+Howell Copiscan II series document scanners are high volume,
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high throughput scanners designed for document scanning applications.
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As such, they are lineart/grayscale scanners supporting a fixed number
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of fairly low resolutions (e.g. 200/240/300dpi). However, they do have
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a number of interesting and useful features suited to needs of document
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imaging applications. This backend attempts to support as many of
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these features as possible.
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The main technical reference used in writing this backend is the <B>Bell</B>
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<B>and</B> <B>Howell</B> <B>Copiscan</B> <B>II</B> <B>Remote</B> <B>SCSI</B> <B>Controller</B> <B>(RSC)</B> <B>OEM</B> <B>Technical</B> <B>Man</B><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><B><EFBFBD></B><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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<B>ual</B> <B>Version</B> <B>1.5.</B> The Linux SCSI programming HOWTO, the SANE API docu‐
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mentation, and SANE source code were also extremely valuable resources.
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The latest backend release, additional information and helpful hints
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are available from the backend homepage:
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<B>http://www.martoneconsulting.com/sane-bh.html</B>
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<H2>DEVICE NAMES</H2><PRE>
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This backend expects device names of the form:
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<I>special</I>
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Where <I>special</I> is the path-name for the special device that corresponds
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to a SCSI scanner. For SCSI scanners, the special device name must be a
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generic SCSI device or a symlink to such a device. Under Linux, such a
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device name takes a format such as <I>/dev/sga</I> or <I>/dev/sg0</I>, for example.
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See <B><A HREF="sane-scsi.5.html">sane-scsi(5)</A></B> for details.
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<H2>CONFIGURATION</H2><PRE>
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The contents of the <I>bh.conf</I> file is a list of device names that corre‐
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spond to Bell+Howell scanners. See <B><A HREF="sane-scsi.5.html">sane-scsi(5)</A></B> on details of what
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constitutes a valid device name. Additionally, options can be speci‐
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fied; these lines begin with the word "option". Each option is
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described in detail below. Empty lines and lines starting with a hash
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mark (#) are ignored.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
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The following options can be specified in the <I>bh.conf</I> file.
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<B>disable-optional-frames</B>
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This option prevents the backend from sending any optional
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frames. This option may be useful when dealing with frontends
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which do not support these optional frames. When this option is
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in effect, the data is sent in a SANE_FRAME_GRAY frame. The
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optional frames sent by this backend are: SANE_FRAME_G31D,
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SANE_FRAME_G32D, SANE_FRAME_G42D and SANE_FRAME_TEXT. These
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frames are generated based on the compression and barcode
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options. These frames are never sent in preview mode.
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<B>fake-inquiry</B>
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This option is used for debugging purposes and its use is not
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encouraged. Essentially, it allows the backend to initialize in
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the absence of a scanner. This is useful for development and
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not much else. This option must be specified earlier in the
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configuration file than the devices which are to be "faked".
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<H2>FILES</H2><PRE>
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<I>/usr/local/etc/sane.d/bh.conf</I>
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The backend configuration file (see also description of
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<B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B> below).
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2017-05-22 22:39:44 +00:00
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<I>/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-bh.a</I>
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The static library implementing this backend.
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<I>/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-bh.so</I>
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The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
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that support dynamic loading).
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2><PRE>
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<B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B>
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This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
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may contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories
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are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
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by a semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the config‐
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uration file is searched in two default directories: first, the
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current working directory (".") and then in
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/usr/local/etc/sane.d. If the value of the environment variable
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ends with the directory separator character, then the default
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directories are searched after the explicitly specified directo‐
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ries. For example, setting <B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B> to "/tmp/config:"
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would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and
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"/usr/local/etc/sane.d" being searched (in this order).
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<B>SANE_DEBUG_BH</B>
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If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
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environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.
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E.g., a value of 255 requests all debug output to be printed.
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Smaller levels reduce verbosity.
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<H2>SUPPORTED FEATURES</H2><PRE>
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<B>ADF</B> <B>support</B>
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With document scanners, automatic document feeder (ADF) support
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is a key feature. The backend supports the ADF by default and
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returns <B>SANE_STATUS_NO_DOCS</B> when the out-of-paper condition is
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detected. The SANE frontend <B>scanadf</B> is a command line frontend
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that supports multi-page scans. It has been used successfully
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with this backend. The SANE frontend <B>xsane</B> is an improved GUI
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frontend by Oliver Rauch. Support for multi-page scans is
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included in xsane version 0.35 and above.
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<B>Duplex</B> <B>scanning</B>
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Some models, such as the COPISCAN II 6338, support duplex scan‐
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ning. That is, they scan both sides of the document during a
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single pass through the scanner (the scanner has two cameras).
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This backend supports duplex scanning (with the <B>--duplex</B>
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option). The front and back page images are delivered consecu‐
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tively as if they were separately scanned pages.
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<B>Hardware</B> <B>compression</B>
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The scanner is capable of compressing the data into several
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industry standard formats (CCITT G3, CCITT G3-2D, CCITT G4).
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This results in increased performance as less data is passed
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from the scanner to the host over the SCSI bus. The backend
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supports these compression formats via the <B>--g31d,</B> <B>--g32d,</B>
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<B>--g42d</B> options, respectively. Many SANE frontends are not
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equipped to deal with these formats, however. The SANE frontend
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<B>scanadf</B> supports these optional frame formats. The compressed
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image data is written directly to a file and can then be pro‐
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cessed by a scan-script using the <B>--scan-script</B> option. Exam‐
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ples of this are given on the scanadf homepage.
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<B>Automatic</B> <B>Border</B> <B>Detection</B>
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The scanner can automatically detect the paper size and adjust
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the scanning window geometry appropriately. The backend sup‐
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ports this useful feature with the <B>--autoborder</B> option. It is
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enabled by default.
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<B>Batch</B> <B>Mode</B> <B>Scanning</B>
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The batch scan mode allows for maximum throughput. The Set Win‐
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dow parameters must remain constant during the entire batch.
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<B>Icon</B> <B>Generation</B>
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The Icon function generates a thumbnail of the full page image,
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that can be transferred as if it were a separate page. This
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allows the host to quickly display a thumbnail representation
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during the scanning operation. Perhaps this would be a great
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way of implementing a preview scan, but since a normal scan is
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so quick, it might not be worth the trouble.
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<B>Multiple</B> <B>Sections</B>
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Multiple sections (scanning sub-windows) can be defined for the
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front and back pages. Each section can have different charac‐
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teristics (e.g. geometry, compression). The sections are
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returned as if they were separately scanned images. Addition‐
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ally sections can be used to greatly enhance the accuracy and
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efficiency of the barcode/patchcode decoding process by limiting
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the search area to a small subset of the page. Most Copiscan II
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series scanners support up to 8 user-defined sections.
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<B>Support</B> <B>Barcode/Patchcode</B> <B>Decoding</B>
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The RSC unit can recognize Bar and Patch Codes of various types
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embedded in the scanned image. The codes are decoded and the
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data is returned to the frontend as a text frame. The text is
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encoded in xml and contains a great deal of information about
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the decoded data such as the location where it was found, its
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orientation, and the time it took to find. Further information
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on the content of this text frame as well as some barcode decod‐
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ing examples can be found on the backend homepage.
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<H2>LIMITATIONS</H2><PRE>
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<B>Decoding</B> <B>a</B> <B>single</B> <B>barcode</B> <B>type</B> <B>per</B> <B>scan</B>
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The RSC unit can search for up to six different barcode types at
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a time. While the code generally supports this as well, the
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<B>--barcode-search-bar</B> option only allows the user to specify a
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single barcode type. Perhaps another option which allows a
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comma separated list of barcode type codes could be added to
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address this.
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<B>Scanning</B> <B>a</B> <B>fixed</B> <B>number</B> <B>of</B> <B>pages</B> <B>in</B> <B>batch</B> <B>mode</B>
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The separation of front and back end functionality in SANE
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presents a problem in supporting the 'cancel batch' functional‐
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ity in the scanner. In batch mode, the scanner is always a page
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ahead of the host. The host, knowing ahead of time which page
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will be the last, can cancel batch mode prior to initiating the
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last scan command. Currently, there is no mechanism available
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for the frontend to pass this knowledge to the backend. If
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batch mode is enabled and the --end-count terminates a scanadf
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session, an extra page will be pulled through the scanner, but
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is neither read nor delivered to the frontend. The issue can be
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avoided by specifying --batch=no when scanning a fixed number of
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pages.
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<B>Revision</B> <B>1.2</B> <B>Patch</B> <B>detector</B>
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There is an enhanced patchcode detection algorithm available in
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the RSC with revision 1.2 or higher that is faster and more
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reliable than the standard Bar/Patch code decoder. This is not
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currently supported.
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</PRE>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
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<B>Scan</B> <B>Mode</B> <B>Options:</B>
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<B>--preview[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[no]</B>
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Request a preview-quality scan. When preview is set to yes
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image compression is disabled and the image is delivered in a
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SANE_FRAME_GRAY frame.
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<B>--mode</B> <B>lineart|halftone</B> <B>[lineart]</B>
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Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart,monochrome, or color).
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<B>--resolution</B> <B>200|240|300dpi</B> <B>[200]</B>
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Sets the resolution of the scanned image. Each scanner model
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supports a list of standard resolutions; only these resolutions
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can be used.
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<B>--compression</B> <B>none|g31d|g32d|g42d</B> <B>[none]</B>
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Sets the compression mode of the scanner. Determines the type
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of data returned from the scanner. Values are:
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<B>none</B> - uncompressed data - delivered in a SANE_FRAME_GRAY frame
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<B>g31d</B> - CCITT G3 1 dimension (MH) - delivered in a
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SANE_FRAME_G31D frame
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<B>g32d</B> - CCITT G3 2 dimensions (MR, K=4) - delivered in a
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SANE_FRAME_G32D frame
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<B>g42d</B> - CCITT G4 (MMR) - delivered in a SANE_FRAME_G42D frame
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NOTE: The use of g31d, g32d, and g42d compression values causes
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the backend to generate optional frame formats which may not be
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supported by all SANE frontends.
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<B>Geometry</B> <B>Options:</B>
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<B>--autoborder[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[yes]</B>
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Enable/Disable automatic image border detection. When enabled,
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the RSC unit automatically detects the image area and sets the
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window geometry to match.
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<B>--paper-size</B> <B>Custom|Letter|Legal|A3|A4|A5|A6|B4|B5</B> <B>[Custom]</B>
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Specify the scan window geometry by specifying the paper size of
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the documents to be scanned.
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<B>--tl-x</B> <B>0..297.18mm</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Top-left x position of scan area.
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<B>--tl-y</B> <B>0..431.8mm</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Top-left y position of scan area.
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<B>--br-x</B> <B>0..297.18mm</B> <B>[297.18]</B>
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Bottom-right x position of scan area.
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<B>--br-y</B> <B>0..431.8mm</B> <B>[431.8]</B>
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Bottom-right y position of scan area.
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<B>Feeder</B> <B>Options:</B>
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<B>--source</B> <B>Automatic</B> <B>Document</B> <B>Feeder|Manual</B> <B>Feed</B> <B>Tray</B> <B>[Automatic</B> <B>Document</B>
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<B>Feeder]</B>
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Selects the scan source (such as a document feeder). This
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option is provided to allow multiple image scans with xsane; it
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has no other purpose.
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<B>--batch[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[no]</B>
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Enable/disable batch mode scanning. Batch mode allows scanning
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at maximum throughput by buffering within the RSC unit. This
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option is recommended when performing multiple pages scans until
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the feeder is emptied.
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<B>--duplex[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[no]</B>
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Enable duplex (dual-sided) scanning. The scanner takes an image
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of each side of the document during a single pass through the
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scanner. The front page is delivered followed by the back page.
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Most options, such as compression, affect both the front and
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back pages.
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<B>--timeout-adf</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Sets the timeout in seconds for the automatic document feeder
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(ADF). The value 0 specifies the hardware default value which
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varies based on the scanner model.
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<B>--timeout-manual</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Sets the timeout in seconds for semi-automatic feeder. The
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value 0 specifies the hardware default value which varies based
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on the scanner model.
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<B>--check-adf[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[no]</B>
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Check ADF Status prior to starting scan using the OBJECT POSI‐
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TION command. Note that this feature requires RSC firmware
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level 1.5 or higher and dip switch 4 must be in the on position.
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NOTE: This option has not been tested extensively and may pro‐
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duce undesirable results.
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<B>Enhancement:</B>
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<B>--control-panel[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[yes]</B>
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Enables the scanner's control panel for selecting image enhance‐
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ment parameters. When the option is set to no the following
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options are used to control image enhancement. See the
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Bell+Howell scanner users' guide for complete information on ACE
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functionality.
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<B>--ace-function</B> <B>-4..4</B> <B>[3]</B>
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Specify the Automatic Contrast Enhancement (ACE) Function.
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<B>--ace-sensitivity</B> <B>0..9</B> <B>[5]</B>
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Specify the Automatic Contrast Enhancement (ACE) Sensitivity.
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<B>--brightness</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Controls the brightness of the acquired image. Ignored for ACE
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capable scanners.
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<B>--threshold</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Select minimum-brightness to get a white point. Ignored for ACE
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capable scanners.
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<B>--contrast</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[inactive]</B>
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Controls the contrast of the acquired image. This option is not
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currently used by the scanner (and perhaps never will be).
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<B>--negative[=(yes|no)]</B> <B>[no]</B>
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Swap black and white, yielding a reverse-video image.
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<B>Icon:</B>
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<B>--icon-width</B> <B>0..3600pel</B> <B>(in</B> <B>steps</B> <B>of</B> <B>8)</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Width of icon (thumbnail) image in pixels.
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<B>--icon-length</B> <B>0..3600pel</B> <B>(in</B> <B>steps</B> <B>of</B> <B>8)</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Length of icon (thumbnail) image in pixels.
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<B>Barcode</B> <B>Options:</B>
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<B>--barcode-search-bar</B> <B><see</B> <B>list></B> <B>[none]</B>
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Specifies the barcode type to search for. If this option is not
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specified, or specified with a value of none, then the barcode
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decoding feature is completely disabled. The valid barcode type
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are:
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<B>none</B>
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<B>ean-8</B>
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<B>ean-13</B>
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<B>reserved-ean-add</B>
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<B>code39</B>
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<B>code2-5-interleaved</B>
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<B>code2-5-3lines-matrix</B>
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<B>code2-5-3lines-datalogic</B>
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<B>code2-5-5lines-industrial</B>
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<B>patchcode</B>
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<B>codabar</B>
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<B>codabar-with-start-stop</B>
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<B>code39ascii</B>
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<B>code128</B>
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<B>code2-5-5lines-iata</B>
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<B>--barcode-search-count</B> <B>1..7</B> <B>[3]</B>
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Number of times that the RSC performs the decoding algorithm.
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Specify the smallest number possible to increase performance.
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If you are having trouble recognizing barcodes, it is suggested
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that you increase this option to its maximum value (7).
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<B>--barcode-search-mode</B> <B><see</B> <B>list></B> <B>[horiz-vert]</B>
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Chooses the orientation of barcodes to be searched. The valid
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orientations are:
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<B>horiz-vert</B>
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<B>horizontal</B>
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<B>vertical</B>
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<B>vert-horiz</B>
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<B>--barcode-hmin</B> <B>0..1660mm</B> <B>[5]</B>
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Sets the barcode minimum height in millimeters (larger values
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increase recognition speed). Of course the actual barcodes in
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the document must be of sufficient size.
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<B>--barcode-search-timeout</B> <B>20..65535us</B> <B>[10000]</B>
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Sets the timeout for barcode searching in milliseconds. When
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the timeout expires, the decoder will stop trying to decode bar‐
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codes.
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<B>--section</B> <B><string></B> <B>[]</B>
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Specifies a series of image sections. A section can be used to
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gather a subset image or to provide a small area for barcode
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decoding. Each section is specified in the following format
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(units are in millimeters):
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<B><width>x<height>+<top-left-x>+<top-left-y>[:functioncode...]</B>
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Multiple sections can be specified by separating them with commas.
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For example <B>76.2x25.4+50.8+0:frontbar</B> identifies an area 3 inches wide
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and 1 inch high with a top left corner at the top of the page two
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inches from the left hand edge of the page. This section will be used
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for barcode decoding on the front page only.
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For example <B>50.8x25.4+25.4+0:frontbar:front:g42d</B> identifies an area 2
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inches wide and 1 inch high with a top left corner at the top of the
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page one inch from the left hand edge of the page. This section will
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be used for barcode decoding on the front page as well as generating an
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image compressed in g42d format.
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Ordinarily barcodes are searched in the entire image. However, when
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you specify sections all barcode searching is done within the specific
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sections identified. This can significantly speed up the decoding
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process.
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The following functioncodes are available:
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<B>front</B> - generate an image for the front page section
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<B>back</B> - generate an image for the back page section
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<B>frontbar</B> - perform barcode search in front page section
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<B>backbar</B> - perform barcode search in back page section
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<B>frontpatch</B> - perform patchcode search in front page section
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<B>backpatch</B> - perform patchcode search in back page section
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<B>none</B> - use no image compression
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<B>g31d</B> - use Group 3 1 dimension image compression
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<B>g32d</B> - use Group 3 2 dimensions image compression
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<B>g42d</B> - use Group 4 2 dimensions image compression
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If you omit a compression functioncode, the full page compression set‐
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ting is used. If you specify multiple compression functioncodes, only
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the last one is used.
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<B>--barcode-relmax</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Specifies the maximum relation from the widest to the smallest
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bar.
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<B>--barcode-barmin</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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Specifies the minimum number of bars in Bar/Patch code.
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<B>--barcode-barmax</B> <B>0..255</B> <B>[0]</B>
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This is a new backend; detailed bug reports are welcome -- and expected
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send a report detailing the conditions surrounding the bug to
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<B><A HREF="sane.7.html">sane(7)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="sane-scsi.5.html">sane-scsi(5)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="scanimage.1.html">scanimage(1)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="scanadf.1.html">scanadf(1)</A></B>
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The sane-bh backend was written by Tom Martone, based on the sane-ricoh
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backend by Feico W. Dillema and the bnhscan program by Sean Reifschnei‐
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der of tummy.com ltd. Some 8000 enhancements added by Mark Temple.
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10 Jul 2008 <B><A HREF="sane-bh.5.html">sane-bh(5)</A></B>
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