# Re: Microtek X6 and TMA

Bernd Schroeder (bernd@aquila.muc.de)
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:23:49 +0100

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Hi,

On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 09:51:25PM +0100, Joachim Heidemeier wrote:
> I still didn't get my Scanmaker X6 working with transparent media adapter
> under sane (windoze / TWAIN works ok, as well as normal flatbed-scanning under
> sane). I'm using the microtek2 backend (version 2.08) under linux (suse 6.0,
> kernel 2.2.10, 128M RAM).

I think you mean 0.8.

> In the first scan attempt the scanner works and delivers date, but the result
> is random noise. The next scan-attempt fails during initialisation with I/O
> error. A third attempt blocks the whole system. This block can be removed by
> switching the scanner off.
> Any ideas or hints ?

Unfortunately not. The TMA option for this model has been reported to
work by some users, but there is at least one user who is having the
same problem.

scan looks fine. Especially, because it is a grayscale scan the backend
simply copies the data that it receives from the device into the frontend
buffer (as it does in flatbed mode). The number of pixels per line and
bytes per line are as expected as well as the total number of bytes.

The error in the second scan means 'Media not available', according
to the documentation, so I suppose the contact to the TMA gets lost for
some reason. I think the last command that is issued is received by the
the scanner and actually starts a scan. That is why the device is busy
at some point during the third attempt. The most important question,
however, is why the image looks pixelized.

Bernd

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