[sane-devel] ADF ISSUE

[m. allan noah]

you did not tell us what front-end program/version is producing this
issue, but I seem to recall some similar bug with older versions of
xsane.

also, we cannot include the brother backends, as they do not include
the full source code

allan

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Jerry Lazarus <jerry at datacentrix.com> wrote:
> The best way to describe the ADF issue is to provide you with an example.
>
> Let say I have 2 double sided pages to scan and the desire to create a PDF
> file.  I set the quantity to 4 and choose ADF (left aligned).  I insert the
> 2 pages into the ADF and invoke the scanner.  The scanner then creates 4
> images inside the project.
>
> The problem is the images in the PDF file are tablet style or short end flip
> if I print out the saved PDF file.  The even numbered images (2 and 4) are
> upside down.  I cannot find any choice in Preferences that allows me to
> choose "Long Edge Duplex".  It seems that "Short Edge Duplex" is the
> defaulted choice creating tablet style.
>
> As a workaround I need to edit each even numbered image and rotate the image
> 180 degrees.  If you have a 32 page double sided document (16 physical
> pieces of paper printed on both sides) I need to edit images 2, 4, 6, ...32
> and rotate them 180 degrees.
>
> It would be nice if there would be a user setting that allows you to do
> this.
>
> Also, Brother supplies manufactured developed Linux drivers for .deb and
> .rpm packagers.  It would be very helpful if SANE would include them in the
> backend.
>
> Hope my comments help.
> --
>
>
> Have a nice day! jerry at datacentrix.com
>
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