[sane-devel] HP Scanjet 5370C

[Tony Jones]

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 20:37, Rene Rebe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:28:07 +0000,
>     Tony Jones <tony.jones1 at physics.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can anyone give me any tips on getting my HP Scanjet 5370C working. I
> > can get the scanner working to a fashion by setting calibrate once, but
> > the scanned image is generally corrupt, however tweaking the settings,
> > with a resolution of 1200 dpi I can get something recognisable, although
> > the colours are misaligned. (the notes for this model suggest it has
> > been tested at 2400 dpi, but this resolution is not supported by the
> > hardware, at least not to my knowledge).
> > 
> > Thank you for any help
> 
> Make shure you use the latest SANE release - or better the latest code
> from:
> 
> http://www.rocklinux-consulting.de/oss/avision/
> 
> Depending on your scanner's firmware revision it should work perfectly
> - or (if you have no luck) results in a 45 degree shifted image. (I'm
> working to fix the problem which look to me like a firmware bug). 

Thank you for your response, I have indeed experienced the 45 degree
shift, and have been using recent versions. I will download the latest
now and compile that and see what happens.

Tony

> 
> > Tony.
> 
> Sincerely yours,
>   René Rebe
>     - ROCK Linux stable release maintainer
> 
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> René Rebe - Europe/Germany/Berlin
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