flat bed scanner on SCSI-II
Armin Wittmann
I am intending to buy a flat bed scanner.
I want to work with it also on Linux.
My current system ist: Linux with kernel 2.0.34
I guess I can work with 'sane' on such a device.
Now I want to know if there are already persons
who have done this already and if there is
already Software for some scanners...
I intend to buy one of these scanners:
Which are easy to use in connection with Linux?
I will for shure buy a SCSI version!!!
Agfa DuoScan
Agfa DuoScan T1200
Agfa ArcusII
HP ScanJet 6200C << my preferred one
UMAX Astra 1200S
UMAX Astra 2400S
UMAX PowerLookIII
UMAX PowerlookII
Mustek Paragon PowerPro
Mustek Paragon 1200LP
Can sombody give me a comment or a site where people
which work with Linux and scanners?
In future I want to buy also a dia-scanner...
Thanks
Armin
Josef Moellers
>
> Hi together
>
> I am intending to buy a flat bed scanner.
> I want to work with it also on Linux.
> My current system ist: Linux with kernel 2.0.34
>
> I guess I can work with 'sane' on such a device.
>
> Now I want to know if there are already persons
> who have done this already and if there is
> already Software for some scanners...
While I don't have a scanner from your list (I have a Vobis PerfectScan
aka Microtek E6) nor do I use Linux (I have FreeBSD), I do use sane and,
apart from a few bugs that are relatively easy to find and fix, it works
OK.
--
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Ansichten!
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tafe...@nospamplease.kde.org
> I am intending to buy a flat bed scanner.
> I want to work with it also on Linux.
> My current system ist: Linux with kernel 2.0.34
>
> I guess I can work with 'sane' on such a device.
Be aware that, if your system has SCSI harddisks,
and the scanner does not support start-unit/stop-unit
(e.g. the Mustek 12000SP does not), then the SCSI
bus is blocked during the scan ... very annoying.
Except if you use a dedicated scsi controller.
However, hearsay is that it is better to buy a
cheap 1542 than to use the stock Mustek controler
that comes with the scanner.
In short: try to get a scanner that is capable of
start/stop unit.
Other thing: the Mustek scanner also was unable
to work at Ultra-Scsi speed...
--Stefan
Kenneth Crudup
I have a Microtek E-6 that works well.
-Kenny
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Kenneth Crudup
tafe...@nospamplease.kde.org says:
>Be aware that, if your system has SCSI harddisks,
>and the scanner does not support start-unit/stop-unit
>(e.g. the Mustek 12000SP does not), then the SCSI
>bus is blocked during the scan ... very annoying.
My Microtek E-6 supports disconnect.
Dave Platt
<tafe...@nospamplease.kde.org> wrote:
>Be aware that, if your system has SCSI harddisks,
>and the scanner does not support start-unit/stop-unit
>(e.g. the Mustek 12000SP does not), then the SCSI
>bus is blocked during the scan ... very annoying.
I think you mean "disconnect/reselect" - in SCSI, start-unit/stop-unit
refers to spinning up and spinning down a hard disk, while
disconnect/reselect refers to the ability of a device to disconnect
from the SCSI bus while it's executing a lengthy command.
I agree, having your SCSI locked up for several seconds during a scan
is annoying.
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Josef Moellers
[ ... ]
> Be aware that, if your system has SCSI harddisks,
> and the scanner does not support start-unit/stop-unit
> (e.g. the Mustek 12000SP does not), then the SCSI
> bus is blocked during the scan ... very annoying.
[ ... ]
> In short: try to get a scanner that is capable of
> start/stop unit.
What you mean is "disconnect/reselect". Whether or not a scanner is
capable of start/stop unit, it will only keep the bus blocked if it
doesn't disconnect during the scan.
Disconnect/reselect is a feature at the very low SCSI message level.
Start/stop unit is a SCSI command which will e.g. start/stop a disk
spinning.
Itai Nahshon
>
> In article <ud876i...@nospamplease.kde.org>,
> <tafe...@nospamplease.kde.org> wrote:
>
> >and the scanner does not support start-unit/stop-unit
> >(e.g. the Mustek 12000SP does not), then the SCSI
> >bus is blocked during the scan ... very annoying.
>
> refers to spinning up and spinning down a hard disk, while
> disconnect/reselect refers to the ability of a device to disconnect
> from the SCSI bus while it's executing a lengthy command.
>
> I agree, having your SCSI locked up for several seconds during a scan
> is annoying.
>
I mean if the scanning software is trying to write to a disk on
the same scsi bus or if there is swap space on such disk.
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Andreas Mohr
> Armin Wittmann <wi...@ife.ee.ethz.ch> writes:
> > I am intending to buy a flat bed scanner.
> > I want to work with it also on Linux.
> > My current system ist: Linux with kernel 2.0.34
> >
> > I guess I can work with 'sane' on such a device.
> Be aware that, if your system has SCSI harddisks,
> and the scanner does not support start-unit/stop-unit
> (e.g. the Mustek 12000SP does not), then the SCSI
> bus is blocked during the scan ... very annoying.
> Except if you use a dedicated scsi controller.
> However, hearsay is that it is better to buy a
> cheap 1542 than to use the stock Mustek controler
> that comes with the scanner.
No !
The 1542 uses DMA transfer, which is very slow on the PCI-ISA bridge of PCI
systems.
Software polling is OK.
Always use controllers from the AHA 152x/150x series !
(at least any controller without DMA)
--
Andreas Mohr
Kenneth Crudup
cipa...@student.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de (Andreas Mohr) says:
>The 1542 uses DMA transfer, which is very slow on the PCI-ISA bridge of PCI
>systems.
Define "slow", and *which* PCI-ISA bridges are you talking about which are
so affected?
The PIIX4 used on many PII chipsets (LX, BX) has good support for ISA DMA.
tafe...@nospamplease.kde.org
>
> I think you mean "disconnect/reselect" - in SCSI, start-unit/stop-unit
> refers to spinning up and spinning down a hard disk,
Ah, yes, of course.
Thanks.
--Stefan