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<H1>Re: Linux Support for Current Microtek Scanners</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Karsten Festag (<A HREF="mailto:karsten.festag@t-online.de?Subject=Re:%20Linux%20Support%20for%20Current%20Microtek%20Scanners&In-Reply-To=<3A1C3AFA.1CD483A2@t-online.de>"><EM>karsten.festag@t-online.de</EM></A>)<BR>
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<STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Wed Nov 22 2000 - 13:30:34 PST
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Hi Michael,
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<P>no problem with your questions, I will try to explain what we do to write
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scanner software.
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<P>When you do a scan with Windows, the Microtek ScanWizard is started. Here you
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can do a preview scan and make all the settings: gray or color image, image
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resolution, which area should be scanned etc....
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If you then press the SCAN button, the ScanWizard translates this settings into
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commands and sends them to the scanner. Then it asks the scanner to return the
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image data and processes the data to get an image file
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So we have to create a program like ScanWizard but on Linux.
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<P>Currently there are mainly three methods to get commands to and data from the
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scanner: A SCSI interface, a parallel printer port or an USB port.
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Because SCSI was the first and is still the most powerful interface, the
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commands that control the scanner are SCSI commands (or SCSI2 which is newer).
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<P>SCSI commands can be transfered not only via a SCSI interface but also via a
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parallel port. Thats why the Windows scantest program tells you that your
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interface is "smplscsi" (Simple SCSI) if you have an parport scanner.
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Some vendors of parport and USB scanners though created their own command sets.
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<P>(Unfortunately I don't know if your USB scanners also use SCSI commands because
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I have none. But it would make sense. )
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<P>Some SCSI commands are standardized but many of them are vendor specific. That
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means, if I want to control the scanner with my software I have to know all
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relevant SCSI commands. There is a document on your ftp site which is called
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"SCSI Command Set for Microtek scanner, Revision 2.2.4 from Aug. 6, 1997". It
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contains a pretty good documentation for older models but is very outdated
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now. A new version of this document would help us a lot.
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<P>And of course the source code of the ScanWizard that your software engineers
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created would give us most interesting information but normally source code is
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confidental and I assume it is also at Microtek.
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<P>I hope this helps you to help us! If you have further questions don't hesitate.
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<P>Karsten
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<P><P><P>Michael Papet wrote:
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<P><EM>> Karsten,
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<EM>> I'm in marketing and am trying to get better Linux support for our current
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<EM>> scanners. I know I'm asking dumb questions now, but give me a little time.
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<EM>> I have much to learn. Any information you can give me would help me get the
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<EM>> information you need from our engineers.
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<EM>>
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<EM>> I'm trying to keep the Linux community interested and developing stuff for
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<EM>> our products. I don't have much time to do this but I'll do my best. I
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<EM>> know we have sold a whole lot of SCSI scanners so I'll see what I can do.
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<EM>> Best regards,
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<EM>>
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<EM>> Michael Papet
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<EM>> Product Specialist
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<EM>> Microtek Labs Inc.
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