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<H1>sane-abaton.5</H1>
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<B><A HREF="sane-abaton.5.html">sane-abaton(5)</A></B> SANE Scanner Access Now Easy <B><A HREF="sane-abaton.5.html">sane-abaton(5)</A></B>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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sane-abaton - SANE backend for Abaton flatbed scanners
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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The <B>sane-abaton</B> library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
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backend that provides access to Abaton flatbed scanners. At present,
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only the Scan 300/GS (8bit, 256 levels of gray) is fully supported, due
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to the absence of programming information. The Scan 300/S (black and
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white) is recognized, but support for it is untested.
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If you own a Abaton scanner other than the ones listed above that works
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with this backend, or if you own an Abaton scanner that does not work
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with this backend, please contact <I>sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net</I>
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with the model number, so that arrangements can be made to include sup-
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port for it. Have a look at <I>http://www.sane-project.org/mail-</I>
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<I>ing-lists.html</I> concerning subscription to sane-devel.
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Abaton is out of business, and these scanners are not supported by
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Everex (the parent company of Abaton), nor is there any programming
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information to be found. This driver is therefore based on information
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obtained by running Abaton's scanning desk accessory under MacsBug and
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tracing the MacOS SCSI Manager calls it made during image acquisition.
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However, the protocol is very similar to, though not compatible with,
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the one used by the Apple scanners, therefore, if this backend is ever
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extended to support the other Abaton models (they also made a color
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flatbed scanner), it may be possible to fill in some "missing pieces"
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from the (quite detailed) Apple scanner documentation.
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<H2>DEVICE NAMES</H2><PRE>
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This backend expects device names of the form:
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<I>special</I>
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Where <I>special</I> is the path-name for the special device that corresponds
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to a SCSI scanner. For SCSI scanners, the special device name must be a
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generic SCSI device or a symlink to such a device. Under Linux, such a
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device name takes a format such as <I>/dev/sga</I> or <I>/dev/sg0</I>, for example.
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See <B><A HREF="sane-scsi.5.html">sane-scsi(5)</A></B> for details.
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<H2>CONFIGURATION</H2><PRE>
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The contents of the <I>abaton.conf</I> file is a list of device names that
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correspond to Abaton scanners. Empty lines and lines starting with a
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hash mark (#) are ignored. See <B><A HREF="sane-scsi.5.html">sane-scsi(5)</A></B> on details of what consti-
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tutes a valid device name.
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<H2>FILES</H2><PRE>
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<I>/usr/local/etc/sane.d/abaton.conf</I>
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The backend configuration file (see also description of
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<B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B> below).
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<I>/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-abaton.a</I>
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The static library implementing this backend.
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<I>/usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-abaton.so</I>
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The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
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that support dynamic loading).
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2><PRE>
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<B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B>
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This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
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may contain the configuration file. On *NIX systems, the direc-
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tories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are sep-
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arated by a semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the
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configuration file is searched in two default directories:
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first, the current working directory (".") and then in
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<I>/usr/local/etc/sane.d</I>. If the value of the environment variable
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ends with the directory separator character, then the default
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directories are searched after the explicitly specified directo-
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ries. For example, setting <B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B> to "/tmp/config:"
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would result in directories <I>tmp/config</I>, <I>.</I>, and
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<I>/usr/local/etc/sane.d</I> being searched (in this order).
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<B>SANE_DEBUG_ABATON</B>
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If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this
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environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.
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E.g., a value of 255 requests all debug output to be printed.
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Smaller levels reduce verbosity.
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<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
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There are a few known ones, and definitely some unknown ones.
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<B>Scan</B> <B>area</B> <B>miscalculations</B>
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For the sake of programmer efficiency, this backend handles all
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measurements in millimetres, and floors (rather than rounds)
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values to avoid possible damage to the scanner mechanism.
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Therefore, it may not be possible to scan to the extreme right
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or bottom edges of the page.
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<B>Cancelling</B> <B>the</B> <B>scan</B>
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This might not work correctly, or it might abort the frontend.
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The former is more likely than the latter.
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If you have found something that you think is a bug, please attempt to
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recreate it with the SANE_DEBUG_ABATON environment variable set to 255,
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and send a report detailing the conditions surrounding the bug to
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<I>sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net</I>.
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<H2>TODO</H2><PRE>
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<B>Implement</B> <B>non-blocking</B> <B>support</B>
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<B>Finish</B> <B>reverse-engineering</B> <B>the</B> <B>MacOS</B> <B>driver</B>
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This will allow me to add support for other models with reason-
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able confidence that it will work, as well as to fully exploit
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the information returned by the INQUIRY command.
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</PRE>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<B><A HREF="sane.7.html">sane(7)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="sane-scsi.5.html">sane-scsi(5)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="scanimage.1.html">scanimage(1)</A></B>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
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The <B>sane-abaton</B> backend was partially written by David Huggins-Daines,
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based on the <B><A HREF="sane-apple.5.html">sane-apple(5)</A></B> backend by Milon Firikis.
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11 Jul 2008 <B><A HREF="sane-abaton.5.html">sane-abaton(5)</A></B>
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