[sane-devel] Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL now working with microtek2 backend

[ono at Safe-mail.net]

I am not too familiar with xsane but as far as I can determine it completely supports all available functions.
I scanned several documents in color and lineart mode with no problems.
I used different resolutions, adjusted gamma, adjusted brighness, adjusted contrast, and got expected results.
The automatic adjustment of threshold in lineart mode worked properly.
The preview function worked properly.
'Toggle lamp of flatbed' under xsane 'Windows-show advanced options' worked properly.
I was a bit surprised at the xsane 'Toggle lamp of flatbed' function since the Microtek ScanWizard Pro 3.09 software and drivers for the Microsoft Windows operating system do not provide any functions for turning off the lamp.
The lamp never shuts off while the scanner is turned on when connected to a computer running Microsoft Windows.

I downloaded the 'live' CD of the 20090323 build of Ubuntu 9.04 alpha for 64-bit computer systems to see if xsane 0.996 worked identically under Linux for 64-bit systems as it does under Linux for 32-bit systems and it does.

I did not make any configuration file changes; after booting the 'live CD' I started xsane and xsane detected the Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner automatically and functioned perfectly.
I do not know if configuration file changes are even possible when running a 'live CD' installation, where the operating system and applications are all loaded to RAM and nothing is saved to hard disk drive.

The 'info' function under xsane confirmed the loaded backend was microtek2, the device was /dev/sg2, and the sane version was 1.0.19.

I ran sane-find-scanner -v -v and the relevant output was:
checking /dev/sg2... open ok
  Inquiry for device:
    000: 06 00 02 02 5b 00 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20    ....[...        
    016: 53 63 61 6e 6e 65 72 20 34 30 30 41 33 20 20 20    Scanner 400A3   
    032: 32 2e 31 30 89 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    2.10............
    048: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
    064: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
    080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
found SCSI scanner " Scanner 400A3 2.10" at /dev/sg2
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Subject: 	Re: [sane-devel] Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL now working with microtek2 backend
Date: 	23 Mar 2009 10:21
From: 	"m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>
To: 	ono at safe-mail.net
Cc: 	sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org

how would you characterize the support- minimal, basic, good,
complete? and, just to be clear, it is the microtek2 backend which
supports the machine? did you have to make any configuration file
changes?

allan

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:08 AM, <ono at safe-mail.netwrote:
In 2008 I unsuccessfully tried using xsane under Ubuntu (live CD) with my Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner.
https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=310753&group_id=30186&atid=410366
On March 21, 2009, I downloaded the 'live' CD of the 20090320 build of Ubuntu 9.04 alpha which has xsane 0.996 as part of the distribution.
My Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner now works using xsane 0.996.
Thanks for fixing the microtek2 backend in sane-backends 1.0.19.

The Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL scanner is not listed at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html, either as supported or unsupported.
I was going to add an entry for the Microtek ScanMaker 6400XL as supported on the list at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html.
I only saw a method for adding unsupported scanners at http://www.meier-geinitz.de/tinc?key=rDoQ7lrj&formname=adddev.
Is there some method for adding supported scanners to the list?