sane-u12(5)


NAME

   sane-u12  -  SANE  backend  for  Plustek USB flatbed scanners, based on
   older parport designs

DESCRIPTION

   The sane-u12 library  implements  a  SANE  (Scanner  Access  Now  Easy)
   backend that provides access to USB flatbed scanners based on Plusteks'
   ASIC 98003 (parallel-port  ASIC)  and  a  GeneSys  Logics'  USB-parport
   bridge chip.

SUPPORTED DEVICES

   The  backend  is  able  to support some early Plustek USB scanner based
   their old parport design around  the  ASIC  98003  and  other  rebadged
   Plustek devices. The following tables will give you a short overview.

   If  your Plustek scanner has another Product ID, then the device is NOT
   supported by this backend.

   Vendor Plustek - ID: 0x07B3
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   Model:                   Vendor-ID:       Product-ID:
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   OpticPro U12             0x07B3           0x0001
   OpticPro U1212           0x07B3           0x0001
   OpticPro UT12            0x07B3           0x0001

   Vendor KYE/Genius
   --------------------------------------------------------
   USB Model:               Vendor-ID:       Product-ID:
   --------------------------------------------------------
   ColorPage Vivid III USB  0x07B3           0x0001
   ColorPage HR6 V1         0x0458           0x2004

CONFIGURATION

   To use your scanner with this backend, you need at least two entries in
   the configuration file /etc/sane.d/u12.conf
          [usb] vendor-id product-id
          device /dev/usbscanner

   [usb]   tells   the   backend,  that  the  following  devicename  (here
   /dev/usbscanner) has to  be  interpreted  as  USB  scanner  device.  If
   vendor-  and  product-id  has  not been specified, the backend tries to
   detect this by its own. If device is set to auto then the next matching
   device is used.

   The Options:

   option warmup t
          t specifies the warmup period in seconds

   option lampOff t
          t  is the time in seconds for switching off the lamps in standby
          mode

   option lOffonEnd b
          b specifies the behaviour when closing the backend, 1 --> switch
          lamps off, 0 --> do not change lamp status

   See the u12.conf file for examples.

   Note:
   You  have  to make sure, that the USB subsystem is loaded correctly and
   you have access to the device-node. For more details see  sane-usb  (5)
   manpage.  You might use sane-find-scanner to check that you have access
   to your device.

   Note:
   If there's no configuration file, the backend defaults to device auto

FILES

   /etc/sane.d/u12.conf
          The backend configuration file

   /usr/lib/arch_triplet/sane/libsane-u12.a
          The static library implementing this backend.

   /usr/lib/arch_triplet/sane/libsane-u12.so
          The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
          that support dynamic loading).

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
          /etc/sane.d.  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  "/etc/sane.d"  being
          searched (in this order).

   SANE_DEBUG_U12
          If the library was compiled with  debug  support  enabled,  this
          environment  variable controls the debug level for this backend.
          Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.

          Example: export SANE_DEBUG_U12=10

SEE ALSO

   sane(7), sane-usb(5), sane-plustek(5),
   /usr/share/doc/libsane/u12/U12.changes
   http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/u12/

CONTACT AND BUG-REPORTS

   Please send any information and bug-reports to:
   SANE Mailing List

   Additional info and hints can be obtained from our
   Mailing-List archive at:
   http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html

   or directly from the projects' homepage at:
   http://www.gjaeger.de/scanner/u12/

   To obtain debug messages from the backend, please set the  environment-
   variable  SANE_DEBUG_U12  before  calling  your  favorite scan-frontend
   (i.e. xscanimage).
   i.e.: export SANE_DEBUG_U12=20 ; xscanimage

   The value controls the verbosity of the backend.

KNOWN BUGS & RESTRICTIONS

   * The driver is in alpha state, so please don't expect too much!!!

   * When using libusb, it might be, that  the  backend  hangs.   In  that
   case, reconnect the scanner.

                              14 Jul 2008                      sane-u12(5)





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