[sane-devel] sane and color bit depth for fujitsu fi-6130

[Arthur Hebert]

Thanks Allan. I feel silly now, but better informed. :)

Best,
Arthur

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:07 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 8 bit depth is 24 bit color. 8 bits per color, 3 colors.
>
> allan
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Arthur Hebert <arthur at evcl.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm using SANE to acquire scans from a Fujitsu fi-6130, and I just
> noticed
> > that the mode=color option uses 8 bits of depth. The scanner itself is
> > capable of 24-bit color depth.
> > Is there a way to get a 24-bit scan from the sane-fujitsu backend? Or, at
> > least 16 bits?
> > I notice that the sane-epson
> > backend, http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-epson.5.html, documents a
> > --depth option, but I don't see it in the fujitsu
> > document, http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-fujitsu.5.html.
> > I appreciate any comments.
> > Thanks,
> > Arthur
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