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NAME
     sane-coolscan - SANE backend for Nikon film-scanners


ABOUT THIS FILE
     This file is a short description of the coolscan-backend for
     sane!


DESCRIPTION
     The sane-coolscan library implements  a  SANE  backend  that
     provides  the interface to the following Nikon Coolscan Film
     scanners: Nikon LS20, LS30, LS1000, LS2000.

     Even though the backend has worked


CONFIGURATION
     The  configuration  file  for  this   backend   resides   in
     /etc/sane.d/coolscan.conf.

     Its contents is a list of device names  that  correspond  to
     Nikon Coolscan scanners. Empty lines and lines starting with
     a hash mark (#) are ignored. A sample configuration file  is
     shown below:

      #scsi Vendor Model Type
      scsi Nikon * Scanner
      /dev/scanner

     The special device name must be a generic SCSI device  or  a
     symlink  to such a device.  To find out to which device your
     scanner is assigned and how you have to set the  permissions
     of that device, have a look at sane-scsi.


SCSI ADAPTER TIPS
     Some SCSI-adapters and low-level SCSI drivers  do  not  work
     correctly with this backend and the Coolscan scanners. These
     systems hang when the  autofocus  command  is  send  to  the
     Scanner.   To  see  a list of which card/driver combinations
     work    or     dont     work     have     a     look     at:
     http:/andreas.rick.free.fr/sane/autofocus.html.




FILES
     The backend configuration file:
          /etc/sane.d/coolscan.conf

     The static library implementing this backend:



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          /usr/lib/sane/libsane-coolscan.a

     The shared library implementing this backend:
          /usr/lib/sane/libsane-coolscan.so (present  on  systems
          that support dynamic loading)


ENVIRONMENT
     SANEDEBUGCOLSCAN
          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:
          SANEDEBUGCOLSCAN values

          Examples:

          on bash:
          export SANEDEBUGCOLSCAN=8

          on csh:
          setenv SANEDEBUGCOLSCAN 8


BUGS
     The  autofocus  command  does  not  work  with   some   SCSI
     card/driver combinations

     The gamma table is not implemented for the LS1000 yet.

     The dust-removal is not working yet


SEE ALSO
     http:/andreas.rick.free.fr/sane/
          The homepage of this backend

     http:/www.sema.be/coolscan/
          The original version of the coolscan backend by Didier

     sane(7), sane-scsi(5)


THANKS TO
     Didier Carlier - For writing the original  Coolscan  backend
     (without it I would not have started this)

     Oliver Rauch - For adapting xsane so quickly to the infrared
     stuff.

     All the other people working on SANE.




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AUTHOR
     Andreas Rick


EMAIL-CONTACT
     andreas.rick@free.fr

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE 
    
     Availability         SUNWsane-backend
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted     
    

NOTES
     Source for SANE is available on http:/opensolaris.org.


































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