# Re: Lineart, xsane, and microtek backend

From: Bernd Schroeder (bernd@aquila.muc.de)
Date: Sat Jan 29 2000 - 09:01:25 PST

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  Hi,

  On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 02:21:50AM -0500, genkin@canada.com wrote:
  > bernd@aquila.muc.de (Bernd Schroeder) writes:
  >
  > > It is FW dependant. X6s with FW version of 1.40 or above do not directly
  > > support the lineart mode. You will have to download a newer version of
  > > the backend from ftp://ftp.muc.de/people/bernds/mtek2 .
  > > The newer versions of the backend perform a grayscale scan if lineart mode
  > > is not supported and map the colour values to 0 or 1 according to the
  > > threshold value.
  >
  > Hi, Bernd.
  >
  > I tried your new version of the backend. Support for lineart does
  > indeed now show! However, for color scans I can only choose 8 or 12
  > bit depth. I was able to choose 24 and 32 with the previos version of
  > the backend.
  >
  > Is this intentional or is something wrong?

  It is intended. 12 bits now means 12 bits per color, i.e. totally 36 bits
  if it is a color scan.

  Bernd

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