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SANE Scanner Access Now Easy                        sane-canon(5)



NAME
     sane-canon - SANE backend for Canon SCSI scanners

DESCRIPTION
     The sane-canon library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now
     Easy)  backend  that  provides access to the following Canon
     flatbed and film scanners:

          CanoScan 300
          CanoScan 600
          CanoScan FB620S
          CanoScan FB1200S
          CanoScan FS2700F
          CanoScan FS2710S

     Parallel port and USB scanners are  not  supported  by  this
     backend;  see  the  manual pages for sane-canon_pp and sane-
     canon630u for further information.

     IMPORTANT: This is beta code. We  tested  the  code  on  the
     scanners  listed  above,  using  the computers and operating
     systems available to us, but we cannot  guarantee  that  the
     backend  will  work  smoothly with future operating systems,
     SCSI adapters, SANE frontend programs, or Canon scanners not
     contained  in  the  list  above. In some cases your computer
     might even hang.  It cannot be excluded  (although  we  con-
     sider  it extremely unlikely) that your scanner will be dam-
     aged.

     That said, TESTERS ARE WELCOME. Send your  bug  reports  and
     comments  to  Manuel  Panea  ; for questions
     concerning the FB620 and  FB1200S  contact  Mitsuru  Okaniwa
     ,  for the FS2710S Ulrich Deiters
     .

TIPS (FS2700F)
     Scanning either  slides  or  negatives  has  been  found  to
     require  rather  large gamma corrections of about 2.2 to 2.4
     (same value for red, green, and blue). It is recommended  to
     use  the  automatic  exposure controls of the frontend xsane
     for best results.

     The "Auto Focus" function triggers a special pass to  deter-
     mine  the  focus  value.  After that, the real scanning pass
     takes place.

     Even with "Auto Focus" turned on, the scanned image is often
     a  bit too blurred. Using the GIMP to do a "Filter->Enhance-
     >Sharpen" at about 40 to 60 improves the image considerably.

TIPS (FS2710S)




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     Gamma corrections are done not by the scanner,  but  by  the
     backend.   The  scanner  is  always  run  in 12-bit mode. In
     "color" mode the image data are corrected for gamma,  shadow
     point,  etc.,  and  then truncated to 8-bit intensities; the
     default gamma value is 2.0. In "raw" mode the image data are
     exported  without  corrections  as  16-bit intensities; this
     mode can be recommended if extensive adjustments have to  be
     made  to  a  picture  (and if the frontend can handle 16-bit
     intensities).

     Negatives are handled by  simple  color  inversion  and  may
     require manual removal of blue discoloration.

FILES
     /usr/lib/sane/libsane-canon.a
          The static library implementing this backend.

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

ENVIRONMENT
     SANE_DEBUG_CANON
          If the library was compiled with debug support enabled,
          this  environment variable controls the debug level for
          this backend. Higher debug levels increase the  verbos-
          ity of the output.

          Example: export SANE_DEBUG_CANON=4


SEE ALSO
     sane-scsi(5)
     http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~mpd/sane/
     doc/canon.install2700F.txt (installation of a CanoScan 2700F

AUTHOR
     Helmut Koeberle, Manuel Panea, and Markus  Mertinat;  FB620S
     and  FB1200S  support by Mitsuru Okaniwa; FS2710S support by
     Ulrich Deiters
     Man  page  by  Henning  Meier-Geinitz   (mostly   based   on
     canon.README)

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:









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     _________________________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |           ATTRIBUTE VALUE         |
    |____________________|____________________________________|_
    | Availability       |  image/scanner/xsane/sane-backends|
    |____________________|____________________________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted                      |
    |____________________|___________________________________|

NOTES
     Source for SANE is available on http://opensolaris.org.













































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