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Hi,
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<P>On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 03:54:31PM -0500, <A HREF="mailto:volodya@mindspring.com?Subject=Re:%20some%20technical%20questions&In-Reply-To=&lt;20010118230458.A10952@vortex.swb.de&gt;">volodya@mindspring.com</A> wrote:
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<EM>&gt; * I think I found 3 sets of data that looks like gamma. Does it make
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; sense ?
</EM><BR>
<P>Yes, that may be ok for color mode. Most scanners I use have 4096
<BR>
bytes of gamma (per color) so they use a mapping of 4096-&gt;256.
<BR>
<P><EM>&gt; * The scanner is said to be 30 (or 32 ?) bit but I only get 24bit data
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; is it supposed to be so ?
</EM><BR>
<P>That's probably marketing speech. The 30 (or 36, 48) bits are used
<BR>
internally. After calibration + gamma correction 24 bits are returned
<BR>
to the computer. Some scanners allow to transmit the raw data with the
<BR>
higher bits/pixel but then calibration/gamma isn't used (at least in
<BR>
my experience).
<BR>
<P><EM>&gt; * there are also some registers that drive the motor - I can use them
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; but if there are some general ideas about how they should work I'll
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; be happy to listen
</EM><BR>
<P>That's quite dependent on the chip the scanner uses. Maybe it helps to
<BR>
look at a paper about stepper motors.
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<P><EM>&gt; * I don't understand how sensor is switched from 75dpi mode to higher
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; dpi mode. (i.e. I can drive the carriage at different resolutions,
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<EM>&gt; but I don't know how to get the sensor to output higher precision
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; data)
</EM><BR>
<P>As far as I see at the Mustek scanners the sensor always scans at the
<BR>
maximum resolution. Only the data is reduced somewhere in the scanner
<BR>
when lower resolutions are used.
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<P>Can I add an entry in the PROJECTS file of SANE for you? So no work is
<BR>
duplicated.
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<P>Is the chip(set) used by canon produced by them or from another vendor?
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<P><P>Bye,
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Henning
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