# Re: [umax] Can't use 10-bit scan: "preview cannot handle depth 16"

Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE
Thu, 7 May 1998 17:41:32 +0200 (MET DST)

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Hi Paul,

> Is
> there an easy way to achieve a brighter scan easily?
Yes, enter a gamma value of about "2" in "custom_gamma-function"

> Will scanning at 10
> bits help me with the brightening in Gimp?
No!

> BTW: The transparency adapter on the Astra 1200S doesn't seem to auto
> shut off like the flatbed lamp, and i have to scan from the bed to get it
> to do so, is this just something that was missed, or am I seeing
> something strange?
I don't have a transparency adapter, so I don't know anything about it.
But if I have some time we may try to correct it!

I also think I got a crash when I tried 10 bits with
> the adapter the first time, but I've been unwilling to try to recreate,
> is this supposed to work?
There is an error in sane-0.72 and before that will be fixed in sane-0.73.
Be careful scanning with transparency-adapter with sane-0.72

Bye
Oliver

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