[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?
unfortunately, there is no way to know how wide the sensor array will be without opening the machine. I think you should be prepared to buy a couple different machines. craigslist or ebay might be helpful there. allan On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Daniel Reetz wrote: >> Recently I've seen Lido support added - for $80 for scanner it worth trying. > > Thanks for that! I have a LiDE around, but for my application, a film > plane that's closer to 35mm film (or a bit larger) is ideal... using > the linear array from a CCD scanner directly is what I'd like to do. > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?
> Recently I've seen Lido support added - for $80 for scanner it worth trying. Thanks for that! I have a LiDE around, but for my application, a film plane that's closer to 35mm film (or a bit larger) is ideal... using the linear array from a CCD scanner directly is what I'd like to do.
[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?
Are you trying to build a digital back for something like a medium format body, or are you trying to build one of these panoramic machines? This seems to come up on this mailing list every few months, so you could try searching the archive, but in general you will likely want a CCD machine instead of a CIS machine. Smarter machines (like fujitsu) do lots of self-tests and self calibration, and will not like being dissembled. Dumber machines require more work from the software, which you can choose not to do :) allan On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Daniel Reetz wrote: > Hi All, > > My summer project is to build a scanner camera. I've done my reading > and Googling, and found a few people's projects. > > I've seen the work by Wandel, > http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/tech/scanner.html > > Tom Sharpless, > http://home.comcast.net/~scancams/ > > Andrew Davidhazy, > http://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-demo-scanner-cam.html > > and recently this one made from an epson GT-S620 (anyone know the > North American designation for that thing?) > http://hackaday.com/2009/06/09/130-megapixel-scanner-camera/ > > Basically, in a dream world, I'd have a scanner that did nothing but > move and read out the CCD blindly, all other processing being done in > software after the fact. To what extent is this currently possible, > and are you aware of any particularly suitable hardware candidates? > Low-cost is preferable, but far from a deal-breaker. > > I have spent some time hacking on scanners in the past, trying to > disable startup checks and calibration sequences in hardware, and had > little luck. But I have a strong suspicion that most of my problems > come from using crappy scanners on Windows, and so I'd like to start > using SANE to get much more control over the hardware. I see from the > SANE site that many Fujitsu and Epson scanners have "complete" support > (http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=&model=&bus=usb&v=&p=), > but I'm not sure exactly what that means in terms of my project. > > Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Sorry for the long message, and regards, > Daniel Reetz > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM, m. allan noah wrote: > Are you trying to build a digital back for something like a medium > format body, or are you trying to build one of these panoramic > machines? I am trying to build a digital back for a custom camera, something like a medium format camera. > This seems to come up on this mailing list every few months, so you > could try searching the archive, but in general you will likely want a > CCD machine instead of a CIS machine. Thanks. I see this question has been asked a few times with a few different angles, but no one has really concretely recommended anything or come back to report positive experiences with some specific hardware. Bummer, that. I did find your recommendation for certain "dumb" chipsets (GT* and/or Genesys in particular). On the supported scanners list, I see that the HP ScanJet 2300c has "complete" support and USB2. This sounds ideal to me. In your opinion, is it a good hacking candidate? [ http://www.amazon.com/HP-ScanJet-2300c-Flatbed-Scanner/dp/B6AMS5 ] > Smarter machines (like fujitsu) > do lots of self-tests and self calibration, and will not like being > dissembled. Dumber machines require more work from the software, which > you can choose not to do :) I see... thank you again for your time and advice, and apologies for not Googlin' the archives sooner. Daniel
[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?
I did 8x10 scanning back off CIS Canon Lido several years ago for Sinar P2, at that time there was no SANE Lido support and I had to hack quite a bit. Recently I've seen Lido support added - for $80 for scanner it worth trying. Note - even after I made it work there were problems with few missed scan lines and some other image artifacts. I may dig for my old source, but I suggest give new Lido a shot. PS. Also if anybody did something similar for CCD scanners - please post your findings. Oleg. --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Daniel Reetz wrote: > From: Daniel Reetz > Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner? > To: "m. allan noah" > Cc: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 1:39 PM > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM, m. > allan noah > wrote: > > Are you trying to build a digital back for something > like a medium > > format body, or are you trying to build one of these > panoramic > > machines? > > I am trying to build a digital back for a custom camera, > something > like a medium format camera. > > > This seems to come up on this mailing list every few > months, so you > > could try searching the archive, but in general you > will likely want a > > CCD machine instead of a CIS machine. > > Thanks. I see this question has been asked a few times with > a few > different angles, but no one has really concretely > recommended > anything or come back to report positive experiences with > some > specific hardware. Bummer, that. > > I did find your recommendation for certain "dumb" chipsets > (GT* and/or > Genesys in particular). On the supported scanners list, I > see that the > HP ScanJet 2300c has "complete" support and USB2. This > sounds ideal to > me. In your opinion, is it a good hacking candidate? > > [ http://www.amazon.com/HP-ScanJet-2300c-Flatbed-Scanner/dp/B6AMS5 > ] > > > Smarter machines (like fujitsu) > > do lots of self-tests and self calibration, and will > not like being > > dissembled. Dumber machines require more work from the > software, which > > you can choose not to do :) > > I see... thank you again for your time and advice, and > apologies for > not Googlin' the archives sooner. > Daniel > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe > your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ???to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >
[sane-devel] Most Hackable Scanner?
Hi All, My summer project is to build a scanner camera. I've done my reading and Googling, and found a few people's projects. I've seen the work by Wandel, http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/tech/scanner.html Tom Sharpless, http://home.comcast.net/~scancams/ Andrew Davidhazy, http://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-demo-scanner-cam.html and recently this one made from an epson GT-S620 (anyone know the North American designation for that thing?) http://hackaday.com/2009/06/09/130-megapixel-scanner-camera/ Basically, in a dream world, I'd have a scanner that did nothing but move and read out the CCD blindly, all other processing being done in software after the fact. To what extent is this currently possible, and are you aware of any particularly suitable hardware candidates? Low-cost is preferable, but far from a deal-breaker. I have spent some time hacking on scanners in the past, trying to disable startup checks and calibration sequences in hardware, and had little luck. But I have a strong suspicion that most of my problems come from using crappy scanners on Windows, and so I'd like to start using SANE to get much more control over the hardware. I see from the SANE site that many Fujitsu and Epson scanners have "complete" support (http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=&model=&bus=usb&v=&p=), but I'm not sure exactly what that means in terms of my project. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long message, and regards, Daniel Reetz
