# Re: microtek x6 (Firmware 1.3) problem

Greg Franks (greg@sce.carleton.ca)
21 May 1999 07:42:42 -0400

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>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Finster <finster@ave.ac.agit.de> writes:
Harald> ScanMaker X6 now (almost) works fine with Firmware 1.3,
Harald> sane V1.0.1 and the patch mentioned above (0.7). The only
Harald> remaing problem is, that 12 and 36 bit scans result in
Harald> noisy images with wrong colours. (Might be a problem of
Harald> the ppm-format? I think, the man pages mention something
Harald> about a 8-bit limitation?)

I believe xv (by John Bradley) handles 36 bit ppm's. As far as I
recall, gimp doesn't.

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