sane-umax(5)

sane-umax -- SANE backend for UMAX scanners

Description

sane-umax implements a SANE backend that provides access to several UMAX-SCSI scanners and some Linotye Hell SCSI scanners. Parallel and USB scanners are not supported.

The configuration file for sane-umax resides in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/umax.conf. It is a list of device names that correspond to UMAX scanners. Empty lines and lines starting with a hash (``#'') are ignored. A sample configuration file is shown below:

   #scsi Vendor Model Type Bus Channel ID LUN
   scsi UMAX * Scanner * * * * *
   /dev/scanner
   # this is a comment
   /dev/sge

The special device name must be a generic SCSI device or a symbolic link to such a device.

The SANE_DEBUG_UMAX environment variable controls the debug level for the 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. For example:

export SANE_DEBUG_UMAX=8

Files

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

Notices

The SCSI adapters that are shipped with some UMAX scanners are not supported by most platforms, so you need to purchase another SCSI adapter that is supported by your platform.

UMAX scanners block the SCSI bus for a few seconds while scanning. It is not necessary to connect the scanner to its own SCSI adapter. However if you need a short response time for your SCSI hard disk (for example, if your computer is a file-server), connect the scanner to its own SCSI adapter.

X-resolutions greater than 600dpi sometimes cause problems.

If you are performing the first scans, be prepared to switch the scanner off.

Author is Oliver Rauch.

References

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