[sane-devel] epson 2400 neg scans

[insane@piments.com]

Thanks for the detailed info on the 1670 photo.

It seems odd that there are lines on the neg scan that are not on normal  
flatbed mode, I suppose it could just be a bug in the backend that it not  
picking up intermediate scan lines.

You say that this only happens on high res but later that higher res is  
not availible on transparency. Could you be more specific? I sounds a bit  
contradictory.

What res. works correctly (no lines) and what is the max you can scan a  
neg. even if the output is poor?

Thanks for your help. Peter.


On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:30:46 +1000 (EST), <epl@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

>> The Perfection 1670 and the 2400 look interesting. It appears that the
>> former is not supported by sane and runs on a different chip set to
>> other Perfection scanners so I'll stike that from the list.
>>
> Peter,
>    I've got an Epson Perfection 1670 Photo and I'd be glad to answer any
> questions you (or anyone else on this mailing list) have. Please Cc me as
> I haven't subscribed to this list.
>
> Pros:
> - Works under both Linux's scanner kernel module and libusb.
> - I've gotten it to work under both Debian unstable (very easy, glorious
>   apt-get) and Red Hat 9.0 (heavily mangled with alien-converted debs).
> - I was also able to get the Epson firmware file using unshield (CVS
>   version from the synce project). Else, you can get it from:
>   http://www.commercialventvac.com/~jeffs/epson1670andFedora.html
> - Flatbed scanning (ie not transparency) works even up to the maximum
>   resolution of 1600dpi. Jeff's result (above) maybe caused by the older
>   sane-backend-1.0.13 -- shrugs.
> - The transparency scanning works to the extent that the fluorescence
>   light can be controlled from sane.
>
> Cons:
> - A bit expensive IMHO.
> - The four scanner buttons doesn't have any effect.
> - Film scanning seems to introduce fine lines (only noticeable at high
>   resolutions) that isn't due to the negative.
> - Not sure which component is at fault, but the colour of the
>   film/negatives aren't properly calibrated.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, film scanning of the 1670 isn't usable under
> sane. Of course, it is distinctly possible that I haven't got things  
> setup
> correctly as I've never played with film (35mm Kodak) scanning before. It
> is also possible that the CVS version of sane-backend fixes some of the
> above problems (currently using 1.0.14).
>
> BTW, thank you to the developers who integrated 1670 support into sane.
>
> Cheers
> Eddie
>
>
>



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