# Re: Lineart, xsane, and microtek backend

From: Bernd Schroeder (bernd@aquila.muc.de)
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 15:56:34 PST

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  Hi

  On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 05:29:34PM -0500, genkin@canada.com wrote:
  > Using sane-1.0.1 and xsane 0.50, it seems like my scanner doesn't
  > support line-art mode. I'm a bit confused, because the scanner that I
  > have now I got as an exchange for identical scanner that broke
  > down. (Microtek Scanmaker X6) Well, it seems to me that the first X6
  > that I had was able to scan into line-art.
  >
  > The scanner I have now has a different (newer) firmware: the old one
  > was 1.0, while this one is 1.5.
  >
  > Is this feature scanner-dependant, backend-dependant, or
  > some-library-dependant?

  It is FW dependant. X6s with FW version of 1.40 or above do not directly
  support the lineart mode. You will have to download a newer version of
  the backend from ftp://ftp.muc.de/people/bernds/mtek2 .
  The newer versions of the backend perform a grayscale scan if lineart mode
  is not supported and map the colour values to 0 or 1 according to the
  threshold value.

  Bernd

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