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# sane-cardscan.5

    sane-cardscan(5)         SANE Scanner Access Now Easy         sane-cardscan(5)

## NAME

           sane-cardscan - SANE backend for Corex CardScan usb scanners

## DESCRIPTION

           The  sane-cardscan  library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
           backend which provides access to the Corex CardScan 800c & 600c  small-
           format scanners.

           The backend supports only grayscale and color modes and media of (theo‐
           retically) infinite length.

           This backend may support other scanners.  The  best  way  to  determine
           level of support is to get a trace of the windows driver in action, and
           send it to the author.

## OPTIONS

           The cardscan backend supports the following options:

           mode m
                  Selects the mode for the scan. Options are "Gray" and "Color".

## CONFIGURATION FILE

           The configuration file "cardscan.conf" is used to tell the backend  how
           to  look for scanners, and provide options controlling the operation of
           the backend.  This file is read each time the frontend asks the backend
           for a list of scanners, generally only when the frontend starts. If the
           configuration file is missing, the backend will use a set  of  compiled
           defaults, which are identical to the default configuration file shipped
           with SANE.

           Scanners can be specified in the configuration file in 2 ways:

           "usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids)
                  Requests backend to search all usb busses in the  system  for  a
                  device  which  uses  that vendor and product id. The device will
                  then be queried to determine if it is a cardscan scanner.

           "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device file)
                  Some systems use a kernel driver to access  usb  scanners.  This
                  method is untested.

           Additionally, there are two configuration options that control the pro‐
           tocol used by the backend:

           "lines_per_block 16" (or other number from 1 to 32)
                  Controls the number  of  lines  of  image  data  which  will  be
                  acquired  in each pass.  Older scanners will require this number
                  set lower, often 1.

           "has_cal_buffer 1" (1 or 0)
                  Causes the backend to get calibration data from  scanner  during
                  initialization.  Older scanners do not support this request, and
                  must be set to 0.

## ENVIRONMENT

           The backend uses a single  environment  variable,  SANE_DEBUG_CARDSCAN,
           which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are:

                  5  Errors
                  10 Function trace
                  15 Function detail
                  20 Option commands
                  25 SCSI/USB trace
                  30 SCSI/USB detail
                  35 Useless noise

## KNOWN ISSUES

                  The  scanner does not seem to have much control possible, so the
                  backend cannot set  x/y  coordinate  values,  resolutions,  etc.
                  These  things  could  be simulated in the backend, but there are
                  plenty of command line tools.
                  The backend also does not send all the commands that the windows
                  driver does, so it may not function the same.
                  The backend does not have the calibration or ejection options of
                  the windows driver.

## CREDITS

           The hardware to build this driver was provided to the author by:
             Jeff Kowalczyk <jtk a t yahoo d o t com>

## SEE ALSO

           sane(7), sane-usb(5)

## AUTHOR

           m. allan noah: <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>

                                      10 Feb 2010                 sane-cardscan(5)