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

       /etc/sane.d/p5.conf
              The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-p5.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/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.  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_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), scanimage(1)

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@alioth-lists.debian.net   or   submit  an  issue  via
       https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/issues/new with a label of  backend/p5.   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 /etc/sane.d/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.

                                                   15 Feb 2010                                        sane-p5(5)