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diff --git a/doc/sane-umax1220u.man b/doc/sane-umax1220u.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e90a4e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sane-umax1220u.man @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.TH sane\-umax1220u 5 "14 Jul 2008" "@PACKAGEVERSION@" "SANE Scanner Access Now Easy" +.IX sane\-umax +.SH NAME +sane\-umax1220u \- SANE backend for the UMAX Astra 1220U and similar scanners + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +The +.B sane\-umax1220 +library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend for the +the UMAX Astra 1220U and similar scanners. + +For more information on this backend, please visit +.IR http://umax1220u\-sane.sourceforge.net/ . + +.SH UMAX ASTRA 1600U/2000U/2100U SUPPORT + +This backend is also able to drive the UMAX Astra 1600U/2000U/2100U. The +2100U is confirmed to work. For the other scanners no reports have been received +yet. Please contact us and tell us if your scanner works +(sane\-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org). + +.SH CONFIGURATION + +Usually, no manual configuration is necessary. The configuration file for this backend resides in +.IR @CONFIGDIR@/umax1220u.conf . + +Its contents is a list of device names that correspond to UMAX Astra scanners. +Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored. A sample +configuration file is shown below: + +.nf + #usb vendor product + usb 0x1606 0x0010 + # Device list for non-linux systems + /dev/scanner + /dev/usb/scanner0 +.fi + +See sane\-usb(5) for information on how to set the access permissions on the usb +device files. + +.SH FILES + +.TP +The backend configuration file: +.I @CONFIGDIR@/umax1220u.conf +.TP +The static library implementing this backend: +.I @LIBDIR@/libsane\-umax1220u.a +.TP +The shared library implementing this backend: +.I @LIBDIR@/libsane\-umax1220u.so +(present on systems that support dynamic loading) + +.SH ENVIRONMENT + +.TP +.B SANE_DEBUG_UMAX1220U +If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this environment +variable controls the debug level for this backend. E.g., a value of 128 +requests all debug output to be printed. Smaller levels reduce verbosity: + +SANE_DEBUG_UMAX1220U values + +.ft CR +.nf +Number Remark +\ + 1 print failures + 2 print information + 3 print high-level function calls + 4 print high-level function checkpoints + 9 print mid-level function calls + 10 print mid-level function checkpoints + 80 print protocol-level function entry + 90 print protocol-level function exit +.fi +.ft R + +.TP +Example: +export SANE_DEBUG_UMAX1220U=10 + +.SH KNOWN BUGS + +600 dpi scanning may fail for large image sizes. + +If you keep getting I/O errors, try cycling the power on your scanner to reset it. + +There is no way to cancel a scan, since the driver ignores sane_cancel(). + +If you try scanning an image which is too small, you will get I/O errors. Be +sure to adjust the scan area before doing a scan, since by default, the scan +area is zero. + +.SH SEE ALSO +sane(7), sane\-usb(5) + +.TP +(Old) homepage: +.I http://umax1220u\-sane.sourceforge.net/ + +.SH AUTHOR + +Marcio Luis Teixeira <marciot@users.sourceforge.net> + +.SH EMAIL-CONTACT +sane\-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org + +.SH REPORTING BUGS + +This backend isn't actively maintained. Nevertheless, bug reports and comments +should be sent to the sane\-devel mailing list. When reporting bugs, please run +the backend with SANE_DEBUG_UMAX1220U set to 10 and attach a copy of the log +messages. |