NAME

       sane-ma1509 - SANE backend for Mustek BearPaw 1200F USB scanner

DESCRIPTION

       The  sane-ma1509  library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to the
       Mustek BearPaw 1200F USB flatbed scanner. This scanner is based on the MA-1509  chipset.  Other  scanners
       that use this chip (if they exist) may also work.

       This  backend  is  ALPHA software.  Be careful and remove the power plug immediately if your hear unusual
       noises.

       More     details      can      be      found      on      the      sane-ma1509      backend      homepage
       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/ma1509-backend/.

       Other  Mustek  USB  scanners  are supported by the sane-mustek_usb(5), sane-gt68xx(5) and sane-plustek(5)
       backends.

       This backend can only work with  scanners  that  are  already  detected  by  the  operating  system.  See
       sane-usb(5) for details.

       If you own a scanner other than the Mustek BearPaw 1200F that works with this backend, please let me know
       this by sending  the  scanner's  exact  model  name  and  the  USB  vendor  and  device  ids  (e.g.  from
       /proc/bus/usb/devices or syslog) to me.

DEVICE NAMES

       This backend expects device names of the form:

              special

       Where  special is a path-name for the special device that corresponds to a USB scanner.  With Linux, such
       a device name could be /dev/usb/scanner0 or libusb:001:002, for example.

CONFIGURATION

       The contents of the ma1509.conf file is a list of options and device  names  that  correspond  to  Mustek
       BearPaw 1200F scanners.  Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored.

       Instead  of using the device name, the scanner can be autodetected by usb vendor_id product_id statements
       which are already included into ma1509.conf.  This is only supported with Linux 2.4.8 and higher and  all
       systems  that  support  libsub.  "vendor_id"  and  "product_id" are hexadecimal numbers that identify the
       scanner. If this doesn't work, a device name must be placed in ma1509.conf as described above.

       To set the time the lamp needs for warm-up, use option warmup-time in ma1509.conf.  The time is given  in
       seconds after the option. The default is 30 seconds.

FILES

       /etc/sane.d/ma1509.conf
              The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-ma1509.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-ma1509.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.  On *NIX systems, 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  /etc/sane.d.
              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 /etc/sane.d being
              searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_MA1509
              If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this  environment  variable  controls  the
              debug level for this backend.  Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7),    sane-usb(5),    sane-gt68xx(5),    sane-plustek(5),    sane-mustek_usb(5),    sane-mustek(5),
       sane-mustek_pp(5),
       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/ma1509-backend/

AUTHOR

       Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>

BUGS

       Resolutions higher than 600 dpi don't work
       Transparency adapter and automatic document feeder is not supported yet
       No support for "high-speed" mode (jpeg)

       More    detailed    bug    information    is    available    at    the    MA-1509    backend     homepage
       http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/ma1509-backend/.

                                                   13 Jul 2008                                    sane-ma1509(5)