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SANE Scanner Access Now Easy                      sane-lexmark(5)



NAME
     sane-lexmark - SANE backend for Lexmark  X1100/X1200  Series
     scanners

DESCRIPTION
     The sane-lexmark library implements a SANE  (Scanner  Access
     Now  Easy)  backend that provides access to the scanner part
     of Lexmark X1100/X1200 AIOs. This  backend  should  be  con-
     sidered beta-quality software!

     The scanners that should work with this backend are:

             Vendor Model           status
          ----------------------  -----------
            Lexmark X1110           untested
            Lexmark X1140           untested
            Lexmark X1150           good
            Lexmark X1170           good
            Lexmark X1180           good
            Lexmark X1185           complete
            Lexmark X12xx           good in USB1.1,
                           not fully tested in USB2.0
            Dell    A920            good

     The options the backend  supports  can  either  be  selected
     through  command  line options to programs like scanimage or
     through GUI elements in xscanimage or xsane.

     If you have any strange behavior, please report to the back-
     end maintainer or to the SANE mailing list.

     Valid command line options and their syntax can be listed by
     using
          scanimage --help -d lexmark:usb:


     Scan Mode Options


     --mode
          selects the basic mode  of  operation  of  the  scanner
          valid  choices  are  R  Color  ,  Gray  and Lineart The
          default mode is Color. The Lineart mode  is  black  and
          white  only  (1 bit). Grayscale will produce 256 levels
          of gray (8 bits). Color mode allows for over 16 million
          different  colors produced from 24 bits of color infor-
          mation.


     --resolution
          selects the resolution for a scan. The  horizontal  and
          vertical  resolutions  are  set  by  the  value of this



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SANE Scanner Access Now Easy                      sane-lexmark(5)



          option. The scanner is capable of the following resolu-
          tions for the specified option value:

            Value   Hor. Resolution  Vert. Resolution
            -----   ---------------  -------------------
            75      75dpi            75dpi
            150     150dpi           150dpi
            300     300dpi           300dpi
            600     600dpi           600dpi
            1200    600dpi           1200dpi  (only for X11xx models with 'B2' sensor)


     --preview
          requests a preview scan. The resolution used  for  that
          scan  is 75 dpi and the scan area and the scan mode are
          as specified through their options, or the  default  if
          not  specified.  The  default value for preview mode is
          "no".


     --threshold
          selects the  minimum-brightness to get a  white  point.
          The threshold is only used with Lineart mode scans.  It
          is specified as a percentage in the range  0..100%  (in
          steps  of 1). The default value of the threshold option
          is 50.



CONFIGURATION FILE
     The  configuration  file  /etc/sane.d/lexmark.conf  contains
     only the usb device id (eg usb 0x043d 0x007c).



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

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



ENVIRONMENT
     SANE_DEBUG_LEXMARK
          SANE_DEBUG_LEXMARK_LOW If the library was compiled with
          debug  support  enabled, this environment variable con-
          trols the debug level for this backend. E.g.,  a  value
          of 255 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller
          levels reduce verbosity.



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SANE Scanner Access Now Easy                      sane-lexmark(5)



LIMITATIONS
     The windows TWAIN driver has many  more  options  than  this
     SANE  backend.  However  they are only software adjustments.
     This backend only implements what the scanner  can  support.
     For  instance,  shading  correction (vertical stripes due to
     sensor variation across its width) is done in software. Head
     park  position  is  also  detected  by  software.   The data
     compression isn't supported for the X1200 serie on USB  1.1,
     leading to slow scans.


BUGS
     No bugs currently known.




SEE ALSO
     sane-scsi(5), scanimage(1), xscanimage(1), xsane(1), sane(7)



AUTHOR
     The backend was originaly written by Fred Odendaal.
          http://ca.geocities.com/freshshelf@rogers.com/