sane-p5(5) SANE Scanner Access Now Easy sane-p5(5)
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 en-
larged 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 back-
end. 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 avail-
able 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_CON-
FIG_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 direc-
tories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are sepa-
rated 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 en-
vironment 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 in-
cluded into your /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. If your scanner isn't de-
tected, make sure you've defined the right port address, or the
correct device in your p5.conf file.
the name of your scanner/vendor
also a worthy information. Please also include the optical reso-
lution 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)
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