[sane-devel] epson 2580 problems

[scott fagg]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, scott fagg wrote:

> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:25:57 +1000
> From: scott fagg <scottf@bigpond.net.au>
> To: Oliver Schwartz <Oliver.Schwartz@gmx.de>
> Cc: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Subject: Re: [sane-devel] epson 2580 problems
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Oliver Schwartz wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:26:57 +0200
> > From: Oliver Schwartz <Oliver.Schwartz@gmx.de>
> > To: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: [sane-devel] epson 2580 problems
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > > please repeat the test by running
> > > > "SANE_DEBUG_SNAPSCAN=255 scanimage >/tmp/junk.bin 2>debug.log"
> > > > and send me the debug.log file.
> > >
> > > I've sent you a copy directly.
> >
> > The first three lines of the log read
> >
> > [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of snapscan to 255.
> > [snapscan] sane_snapscan_init
> > [snapscan] sane_snapscan_init: Snapscan backend version 1.4.35
> >
> > And later
> >
> > [snapscan] sane_snapscan_open (after firmware upload): "EPSON
> > Scanner1" is not a supported scanner
> >
> > It seems you're using an old version of the snapscan backend. The
> > backend revision should say "1.4.40" if you use the CVS version.
> > Since you wrote earlier that you're using a fairly recent CVS
> > snapshot you probably have two versions of SANE installed (e.g. one
> > in /usr/lib/sane and one in /usr/local/lib/sane).
>
> That might explain why i had some success earlier on, but none now. I'll
> track down all copies, clean up and try again.

Using the latest drivers helps and i can now scan, however preview doesn't
work. At least i can get an image out of it now.

It seems to only preview either the area of the most recent scan or
nothing, and then stretches that image vertically to fit the A4 scannable
area and shows that as a preview.

>
> >
> > /Oliver
> >
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