Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 05:30:19 +0100 From: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB Epson perfection 1250, support? Message-ID: <Chg5VLBtVR@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> References: <DaicWbBtVR@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <200303052147.h25LlOb28884@brother.ludd.luth.se>
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Peter B wrote > >without patches: > >FreeBSD 4.8-PRERELEASE #22: Thu Feb 27 20:03:38 CET 2003 > >Mar 5 17:33:28 net3 /kernel: uscanner0: EPSON EPSON Scanner [...] > >but scanimage hangs here. > Any traces what could be the reason? noted as PR now, after I cheked the bios. > xscanimage works ok. > scanimage works (stepper motor goes beyond physical limit in this case). > xsane crashes after scan, but won't hang anything. > > One real nasty thing I discovered is that if one cancels a scan it can happen > that the step motor continues to drive the scanner wagon beyond physical limit > > *until* you cancel it by requesting a new scan or disconnect power. > Something that ought to be fixed.. Have you an up-to-date version of "sane-backends" and "libusb" > >I tested on: > >FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Jan 31 13:42:19 CET 2003 > >everything runs there smoothly. > > > >mdodify: /usr/local/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf > > > >$ /usr/local/bin/scanimage --verbose --device plustek:/dev/uscanner0 \ > > --format tiff --mode Color -x 210 -y 297 > test.tif > .......... > > There is also a speed issue: > > Windoze FreeBSD > Preview 26 sec 50 sec > 300 dpi, 24 bpp, A4 45 sec 66 sec Transfer speed may be limited by the bus/hub: USB 1.0, USB 1.1. or USB 2.0 1) there is a warm up time before teh scan start. /usr/local/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf: option warmup 15 2) when scanimage reports the date size, the scan intself is ready, but scanimage wait till the scanner wagon is back and puit the light off. > One can clearly hear (audiowise) that the freebsd system does the scanning in > chunks while windoze does most tasks in one "sweep". I see this too when I use --resolution 300 kind regards Dirk - Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany - [dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org],[dirk.meyer@guug.de],[dinoex@FreeBSD.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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