I've added this machine to the list. allan
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:27 PM, <ono at safe-mail.net> wrote: > I am not too familiar with xsane but as far as I can determine it completely > supports all available functions. > I scanned several documents in color and lineart mode with no problems. > I used different resolutions, adjusted gamma, adjusted brighness, adjusted > contrast, and got expected results. > The automatic adjustment of threshold in lineart mode worked properly. > The preview function worked properly. > 'Toggle lamp of flatbed' under xsane 'Windows-show advanced options' worked > properly. > I was a bit surprised at the xsane 'Toggle lamp of flatbed' function since > the Microtek ScanWizard Pro 3.09 software and drivers for the Microsoft > Windows operating system do not provide any functions for turning off the > lamp. > The lamp never shuts off while the scanner is turned on when connected to a > computer running Microsoft Windows. > > I downloaded the 'live' CD of the 20090323 build of Ubuntu 9.04 alpha for > 64-bit computer systems to see if xsane 0.996 worked identically under Linux > for 64-bit systems as it does under Linux for 32-bit systems and it does. > > I did not make any configuration file changes; after booting the 'live CD' I > started xsane and xsane detected the Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner > automatically and functioned perfectly. > I do not know if configuration file changes are even possible when running a > 'live CD' installation, where the operating system and applications are all > loaded to RAM and nothing is saved to hard disk drive. > > The 'info' function under xsane confirmed the loaded backend was microtek2, > the device was /dev/sg2, and the sane version was 1.0.19. > > I ran sane-find-scanner -v -v and the relevant output was: > checking /dev/sg2... open ok > ?Inquiry for device: > ? ?000: 06 00 02 02 5b 00 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ? ?....[... > ? ?016: 53 63 61 6e 6e 65 72 20 34 30 30 41 33 20 20 20 ? ?Scanner 400A3 > ? ?032: 32 2e 31 30 89 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ? ?2.10............ > ? ?048: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ? ?................ > ? ?064: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ? ?................ > ? ?080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ? ?................ > found SCSI scanner " Scanner 400A3 2.10" at /dev/sg2 > =========================== > Subject: ? ? ? ?Re: [sane-devel] Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL now working with > microtek2 backend > Date: ? 23 Mar 2009 10:21 > From: ? "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> > To: ? ? ono at safe-mail.net > Cc: ? ? sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > > how would you characterize the support- minimal, basic, good, > complete? and, just to be clear, it is the microtek2 backend which > supports the machine? did you have to make any configuration file > changes? > > allan > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:08 AM, <ono at safe-mail.netwrote: > In 2008 I unsuccessfully tried using xsane under Ubuntu (live CD) with my > Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner. > https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=310753&group_id=30186&atid=410366 > On March 21, 2009, I downloaded the 'live' CD of the 20090320 build of Ubuntu > 9.04 alpha which has xsane 0.996 as part of the distribution. > My Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner now works using xsane 0.996. > Thanks for fixing the microtek2 backend in sane-backends 1.0.19. > > The Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner is not listed at > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html, either as supported or > unsupported. > I was going to add an entry for the Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL as supported on > the list at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html. > I only saw a method for adding unsupported scanners at > http://www.meier-geinitz.de/tinc?key=rDoQ7lrj&formname=adddev. > Is there some method for adding supported scanners to the list? > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
