# Re: MUSTEK 1200SP

David Mosberger-Tang (David.Mosberger@acm.org)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 20:21:27 -0800

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>>>>> On Thu, 05 Feb 1998 01:49:04 +0100, Wolfgang Goeller <wgoeller@dial.eunet.ch> said:

Wolfgang> Hello I've got a minor Problem with my Mustek-1200-SP
Wolfgang> scanner: It doesn't report its correct identity, but
Wolfgang> instead it reports (from /var/log/boot.msg) Vendor:
Wolfgang> SCANNER Model: Rev: 1.05 <4> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI
Wolfgang> revision: 01 CCS find-scanner reports: SCANNER 1.05" at
Wolfgang> device /dev/scanner (two blanks between ´SCANNER' and
Wolfgang> '1.05') If I have a larger string-input, it reports:
Wolfgang> SCANNER 1.05MUSTEK MFS-12000SP

This is not unusual for Mustek scanners. The backend _should_
recognize the scanner nevertheless. To make sure the scanner
is recognized properly, invoke scanimage with SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK set
to 1. E.g.:

SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK=1 scanimage -L

You should see something of the form:

device `mustek:/dev/scanner' is a Mustek MFC-06000CZ flatbed scanner

Wolfgang> As a logical consequence
Wolfgang> using the scanner for copying will drop some lines - this
Wolfgang> seems to be a weakness of Mustek. By the way: I've bought
Wolfgang> the scanner from our biggest distributor ( VOBIS ) - they
Wolfgang> seem to get a special version.

Wolfgang> How can I get full advantage of my scanner?

There are some known issues with the MFS-1200SP (at least as far as
color scanning is concerned). IIRC, turning on backtracking fixed the
problems for some people. However, it would be better if somebody
could track this down and fix it. Unfortunately, so far nobody has
come forward and volunteered to do this.

--david

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