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							|  |  |  |  | <H2>NAME</H2><PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        sane-matsushita - SANE backend for Panasonic KV-SS high speed scanners | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  | <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        The <B>sane-matsushita</B> library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        backend that provides access to some Panasonic KV-SS high  speed  scan‐ | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        ners. This backend is stable. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |                  KV-SS25 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |                  KV-SS25D | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |                  KV-SS55EX (*) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |                  KV-S2025C (*) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |                  KV-S2045C (*) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |                  KV-S2065L (*) | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        (*)  WARNING: None of the advanced options of these scanners are avail‐ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        able (ie no color, no high resolution, no  automatic  cropping).  Basi‐ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        cally,  the  driver  does  no more than what it does for the KV-SS25. I | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        don't have access to such scanners, and thus cannot add these options. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        Other Panasonic high speed scanners may or may not work with that back‐ | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        end. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        Valid command line options and their syntax can be listed by using | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               scanimage --help -d matsushita | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Scan</B> <B>Mode</B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--mode</B> selects the basic mode of operation of the scanner. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--resolution</B> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               selects  the resolution for a scan. Each model supports all or a | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               subset of these resolutions: 100, 150, 200, 240, 300, 360, 400. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--duplex</B> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               indicates whether to scan both side of the sheet. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--feeder-mode</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               selects the number of pages to scan (one or until  the  tray  is | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               empty). | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Geometry</B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--paper-size</B> <B>A4|...|Legal|Letter</B> <B>[A4]</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               options  selects  the  area  to  scan. It adjust the <B>-l</B> <B>-t</B> <B>-x</B> <B>-y</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               options accordingly. It does not need to be the real size of the | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>-l</B> <B>-t</B> <B>-x</B> <B>-y</B> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               control the scan area: -l sets the top left x coordinate, -t the | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               the  scan  area. All parameters are specified in millimeters. It | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               is possible to use the option <I>--paper-size</I> instead. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Enhancement</B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--brightness</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               controls the brightness of the acquired image. The value  varies | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               from 1 to 255, or less, depending on the scanner model. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--contrast</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               controls  the contrast of the acquired image. Some models do not | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--automatic-threshold</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               automatically sets brightness,  contrast,  white  level,  gamma, | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               option sets the tonal gradation for the halftone  mode.  Pattern | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--autoseparation</B> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               provides automatic separation of text and images. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--white-level</B> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               option indicate the source of the white base. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               reduces  the isolated dot noise. This option is not supported by | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>--image-emphasis</B> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               option sets the image emphasis. Some selection are not available | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               options  set  the  gamma curve. It is only valid for Gray modes, | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  | <H2>CONFIGURATION FILE</H2><PRE> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        The  configuration  file /usr/local/etc/sane.d/matsushita.conf supports | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        the device name to use (eg /dev/scanner) and the SCSI option  to  auto- | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  | <H2>FILES</H2><PRE> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        <I>/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-matsushita.a</I> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               The static library implementing this backend. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |        <I>/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-matsushita.so</I> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>SANE_DEBUG_MATSUSHITA</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               If the library was compiled with  debug  support  enabled,  this | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               environment  variable controls the debug level for this backend. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Memory</B> <B>in</B> <B>the</B> <B>KV-SS</B> <B>25</B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Pattern</B> <B>and</B> <B>gamma</B> <B>downloading</B> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  |               The scanner, with the proper firmware, can download  a  halftone | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Sub-areas</B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        <B>Duplex</B> <B>mode</B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        To date, the only frontend capable of using this scanner at full  speed | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        scanadf   -d  matsushita  --output-file  scan%04d.pbm  --start-count  0 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        --duplex --resolution 300 --feeder-mode="All pages" --paper-size="A4" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        None known. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  | <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |        <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="xscanimage.1.html">xscanimage(1)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="xsane.1.html">xsane(1)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="sane.7.html">sane(7)</A></B> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  |        The package is actively maintained by Frank Zago. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  |               <I>http://www.zago.net/sane/#matsushita</I> | 
					
						
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