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# sane-sp15c.5

    sane-sp15c(5)            SANE Scanner Access Now Easy            sane-sp15c(5)

## NAME

           sane-sp15c - SANE backend for Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C flatbed scanner

## DESCRIPTION

           The  sane-sp15c  library  implements  a  SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
           backend which provides access to  the  Fujitsu  flatbed  scanners.   At
           present, the following scanner is known to work with these backend:

                  Vendor:  Model:           Rev:
                  -------- ---------------- -----
                  FCPA     ScanPartner 15C  1.01

           The  ScanPartner 15C driver supports lineart (1-bit), halftone (1-bit),
           grayscale (4-bit and 8-bit), and color (3 x 8-bit) scanning.

           Other scanners in these families may work.  The ScanPartner  15C  seems
           to  be a repackaging of the ScanPartner 600C.  People are encouraged to
           try these driver with the other scanners and to contact the author with
           test results.

## CONFIGURATION

           A  modest  effort  has  been made to expose the standard options to the
           API.  This allows frontends such as xscanimage to set scanning  region,
           resolution,  bit-depth  (and  color), and enable the automatic document
           feeder.

## SEE ALSO

           sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-fujitsu(5)
           Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C OEM Manual, Doc. No. 250-0081-0
           Fujitsu M3096G OEM Manual, part number 50FH5028E-05
           Fujitsu M3096GX/M3093GX/M3093DG OEM Manual, part number C150-E015...03

## AUTHOR

           Randolph Bentson <bentson@holmsjoen.com>, with credit  to  the  unnamed
           author of the coolscan driver

## LIMITATIONS

           Testing limited to a Linux 2.2.5 kernel
           Can't  quite  get  the scan page/minute performance in ADF modes.  This
           may be due to limited system buffer size.

## BUGS

           I'm sure there are plenty, and not too well hidden, but I haven't  seen
           them yet.
           Both  scanners  claim to have separate control of resolution in X and Y
           directions.  I confess I haven't tested this yet.  I  have  found  that
           xsane doesn't even display this capability.
           Threshold  settings  on  the  SP15C don't seem to affect the results of
           lineart mode scans.
           It might be possible to merge these two  drivers  without  much  effort
           since  the  SP15C driver was derived from the M3096G driver.  They were
           split so as to keep the second driver  development  from  breaking  the
           working first driver.  Watch this space for changes.

                                      14 Jul 2008                    sane-sp15c(5)