sane-epson(5)

sane-epson -- SANE backend for EPSON ScanJet scanners

Description

sane-epson library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to Epson SCSI scanners. The current sane-epson backend is known to work for GT-5000, GT-5500, and GR-8500 scanners. For other scanners, it may or may not work.

SANE_DEBUG_EPSON environment variable controls the debug level for this backend if the library was compiled with debug support enabled. For example, a value of 128 requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller levels reduce verbosity.

Files

/usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf: The backend configuration file.
/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-epson.a: The static library implementing this backend.
/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-epson.so: The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dynamic loading).

Notices

sane-epson has the following problems:

Image depth is limited to 8 bits/channel (24 bits/pixel)
gamma-table is for CRT-B only
cancel does not work
device name is fixed to /dev/scanner
memory leaks

The author is Kazuhiro Sasayama.

References

sane-abaton(5), sane-agfafocus(5), sane-apple(5), saned(1), sane-dc25(5), sane-dll(5), sane-dmc(5), sane-hp(5), sane-microtek(5), sane-microtek2(5), sane-mustek(5) sane-net(5), sane-pint(5), sane-pnm(5), sane-umax(5), scanimage(1), xsane(1), xscanimage(1)