[sane-devel] Epson 2480 and scanner lamp

[Miguel Bazdresch]

On 7/31/06, Oliver Schwartz <Oliver.Schwartz at gmx.de> wrote:
> > I have noticed that, if I run xsane, then after a few minutes of
> > inactivity the scanner lamp is turned off (by the firmware, I
> > assume). However, if I don't run xsane first, the lamp stays on
> > indefinitely.
>
> You didn't specify which backend you're using. As far as the snapscan
> backend is concerned, there's no explicit command sent to turn off
> the lamp. I can only assume that the scanner firmware turns off the
> lamp by itself. When powered up the scanner only runs a very limited
> firmware. The real firmware is downloaded once the backend is
> initialized (e.g. by starting xsane).

I'm using snapscan; sorry for not being more specific. I thought it
was the only backend that supported this scanner.

> If you put "scanimage --help > /dev/null" into some hotplug or resmgr
> script it should also initiate a firmware download.

That's great; I'll give it a shot. Thanks for your help.

-- 
Miguel Bazdresch