NAME

       sane-p5 - SANE backend for the Primax PagePartner

DESCRIPTION

       The  sane-p5  library  implements  a  SANE  (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to the
       Primax PagePartner parallel port sheet fed scanner.

       This backend handles 100, 150, 200, 300 and 600 dpi scan resolutions, in color and gray  modes.  The  600
       dpi is actually 300x600 with lines enlarged to match the vertical resolution.

       EPP/ECP  MODES  ONLY The current version of the backend uses only EPP or ECP mode to communicate with the
       scanner. It is recommended that you set your parallel port to EPP in BIOS with  the  current  version  of
       this backend. ECPEPP will only work if you use a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel with ppdev character device support.

DEVICE NAMES

       This backend expects device names of the form:

              port value

       Where value is :

              auto   autodetect all parallel ports and probe them for scanner

              /dev/parport0
                     uses  linux  ppdev  device, depending on the number of available parallel port, you have to
                     use /dev/parport1, /dev/parport2, ...

       You can rename any device using the

              option name my_name

       option. This option apply to the last port option.

CONFIGURATION

       Please make sure to edit dll.conf before you use  the  backend,  since  this  backend  isn't  enabled  by
       default.

FILES

       @CONFIGDIR@/p5.conf
              The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       @LIBDIR@/libsane-p5.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       @LIBDIR@/libsane-p5.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 @CONFIGDIR@.   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 "@CONFIGDIR@"
              being searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_P5
              If  the  library  was  compiled with debug support enabled, this environment variable controls the
              debug level for this backend.  E.g., a value of 255 requests  all  debug  output  to  be  printed.
              Smaller levels reduce verbosity.

              level   debug output
              ------- ------------------------------
               0       critical errors
               1       errors
               2       warnings & minor errors
               4       information messages
               8       start/stop of functions
               16      tracing messages
               32      I/O functions
               64      I/O functions with traces
               128     scanned/calibration data

       SEE ALSO
              sane(7), sane-net(5), saned(8)

AUTHOR

       Stéphane Voltz <stef.dev@free.fr>

CREDITS

       Support  for  the  Prima  PagePartner  has  been made possible thank to an hardware donation by Sébastien
       Lange.

BUG REPORTS

       If  something  doesn't  work  mail  sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org  or  use  the   bug   tracker   at
       https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=410366&group_id=30186  .   Please give as much information as you
       can.

       SANE version
              run "scanimage -V" to determine this

       the backend version and your scanner hardware
              run "SANE_DEBUG_P5=255 scanimage -L 2>log" as root. If you  don't  get  any  output  from  the  p5
              backend,  make sure a line "p5" is included into your @CONFIGDIR@/dll.conf.  If your scanner isn't
              detected, make sure you've defined the right port address, or the correct device in your p5.conf.

       the name of your scanner/vendor
              also a worthy information. Please also include the  optical  resolution  and  lamp  type  of  your
              scanner, both can be found in the manual of your scanner.

       any further comments
              if  you  have  comments about the documentation (what could be done better), or you think I should
              know something, please include it.

@PACKAGEVERSION@                                   15 Feb 2010                                        sane-p5(5)