NAME

       sane-sp15c - SANE backend for Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C flatbed scanner

DESCRIPTION

       The  sane-sp15c  library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend which provides access to the
       Fujitsu flatbed scanners.  At present, the following scanner is known to work with these backend:

              Vendor:  Model:           Rev:
              -------- ---------------- -----
              FCPA     ScanPartner 15C  1.01

       The ScanPartner 15C driver supports lineart (1-bit), halftone (1-bit), grayscale (4-bit and  8-bit),  and
       color (3 x 8-bit) scanning.

       Other  scanners  in  these  families  may  work.   The  ScanPartner  15C seems to be a repackaging of the
       ScanPartner 600C.  People are encouraged to try these driver with the other scanners and to  contact  the
       author with test results.

CONFIGURATION

       A  modest  effort has been made to expose the standard options to the API.  This allows frontends such as
       xscanimage to set scanning region, resolution, bit-depth (and color), and enable the  automatic  document
       feeder.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-fujitsu(5)
       Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C OEM Manual, Doc. No. 250-0081-0
       Fujitsu M3096G OEM Manual, part number 50FH5028E-05
       Fujitsu M3096GX/M3093GX/M3093DG OEM Manual, part number C150-E015...03

AUTHOR

       Randolph Bentson <bentson@holmsjoen.com>, with credit to the unnamed author of the coolscan driver

LIMITATIONS

       Testing limited to a Linux 2.2.5 kernel
       Can't  quite get the scan page/minute performance in ADF modes.  This may be due to limited system buffer
       size.

BUGS

       I'm sure there are plenty, and not too well hidden, but I haven't seen them yet.
       Both scanners claim to have separate control of resolution in X and Y directions.  I  confess  I  haven't
       tested this yet.  I have found that xsane doesn't even display this capability.
       Threshold settings on the SP15C don't seem to affect the results of lineart mode scans.
       It  might  be  possible to merge these two drivers without much effort since the SP15C driver was derived
       from the M3096G driver.  They were split so as to keep the second driver development  from  breaking  the
       working first driver.  Watch this space for changes.

@PACKAGEVERSION@                                   14 Jul 2008                                     sane-sp15c(5)