[sane-devel] genesys backend - plustek opticbook 3600 pro - i'm having problems (online images)

Stef stef.dev at free.fr
Thu Dec 13 05:19:49 UTC 2012


On 12/12/2012 10:23, niky 45 wrote:
> ok, this time debugging worked.
> here is the log: 
> http://sourceforge.net/p/nikyscripts/code/154/tree/genesys/preview.log
> looking at it, i found this:
> <code>
> [genesys] Calibration filename set to:
> [genesys] >/home/niky/.sane/plustek-opticbook-3600.cal<
> [genesys] read_calibration: enter
> [genesys] Calibration: Cannot open 
> /home/niky/.sane/plustek-opticbook-3600.cal
> [genesys] read_calibration: exit
> [genesys] sane_open: exit
> </code>
> which explains why the colors are not as expected, doesn't it?
> however, i am not sure what to do with that... i'll have to see if 
> they have some king of calibration sheet or something, but i don't 
> think so i mean, some people are working with this scanner on windows, 
> and they just installed the software and that's all.
>
> anyway, the image looks pretty much the same (again, converted to jpg, 
> this time without the -quality flag for imagemagick )
> http://ompldr.org/vZ251aA
>
> looking at the rest of the log, i see many things but understand very 
> little (i see what looks like many calls for scan, and then many many 
> more for ccm filtering... whatever that means). however, as you see at 
> the end it give exactly the same message (last four lines or so).
>
> ok. so, now i have the debug log, but i don't know what to do with it. 
> any clue for me?
>
> 2012/12/12 Stef <stef.dev at free.fr <mailto:stef.dev at free.fr>>
>
>     On 11/12/2012 11:13, niky 45 wrote:
>>     so, i need to make this scan work for my library project. but it
>>     is giving me so many problems.
>>     i'll attach you what it does, and the original image.
>>     http://ompldr.org/vZ25mdw (note it's converted to jpg so you can
>>     see it online. te commandline was /convert -quality 70 001.pnm
>>     001.jpg/)
>>
>>     console output: ------------------------------------------
>>      >>> scanimage -d genesys:libusb:002:003 --mode Color --format
>>     pnm --swcrop=yes --resolution 200 -v >001.pnm
>>     [genesys] WARNING: Your scanner is not fully supported or at least
>>     [genesys]          had only limited testing. Please be careful and
>>     [genesys]          report any failure/success to
>>     [genesys] sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
>>     <mailto:sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>. Please provide as many
>>     [genesys]          details as possible, e.g. the exact name of your
>>     [genesys]          scanner and what does (not) work.
>>     scanimage: scanning image of size 1622x2337 pixels at 24 bits/pixel
>>     scanimage: acquiring RGB frame
>>     scanimage: min/max graylevel value = 0/255
>>     scanimage: read 11371842 bytes in total
>>     ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     and the second one is a (low quality) photo of it (taken with my
>>     cell phone). keep in mind it gives very little contrast - the
>>     light part is actually white.
>>     http://ompldr.org/vZ25mcg
>>
>>     i have been looking around, and i found that channels are screwed
>>     up. i mean, if you open the scanned image with gimp, and separate
>>     the channels, you can see the red one is OK, but blue and green
>>     are not good. i mean, too many lights and shadows. (i can show
>>     you another image if it's not clear with this one)
>>
>>     i have two of those scanners, and both of them do the same thing.
>>     i have tried with several computers, and got same results.
>>     however, with other scanners, scanimage works fine. the same
>>     aplies for xsane.
>>
>>     i don't mind getting my hands into the driver (genesys_gl841),
>>     BUT, i don't know how to use usbsnoopy under windows (i tried,
>>     but it did nothing), and even if it worked, i wouldn't know what
>>     to do with that data.
>>
>>     also, i found this:
>>     http://old.nabble.com/Backend-for-plustek-Opticbook-3600-td26641970.html
>>     but i understood very little if anything.
>>
>>     so, i need to get this scanner working, driver is doing weird
>>     things (under windows, scanners work as expected), and i don't
>>     know what to do with it.
>>
>>     PS: i tried to activate debugging, but scanimage wouldn't  accept
>>     a --debug option, and setting just the debug vars did nothing
>>     (SANE_DEBUG=255 and so on). i also tried to recompile the driver
>>     to activate debug support (i'm working with packages from debian
>>     wheezy's repos), but it told me this:
>>     --------------------------------------------
>>     [10:56:12] - [root at vivo:/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.22
>>     <mailto:root at vivo:/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.22>]
>>     713 >>> command ls -F
>>     acinclude.m4      ChangeLog-1.0.14  ChangeLog-1.0.4 configure*   
>>     japi/           po/ README.linux       sanei/
>>     aclocal.m4        ChangeLog-1.0.15  ChangeLog-1.0.5 configure.in
>>     <http://configure.in>  lib/ PROBLEMS        README.netbsd     
>>     testsuite/
>>     AUTHORS           ChangeLog-1.0.16  ChangeLog-1.0.6 COPYING      
>>     LICENSE         PROJECTS README.openbsd     tools/
>>     backend/          ChangeLog-1.0.17  ChangeLog-1.0.7 debian/      
>>     ltmain.sh*      README README.os2
>>     ChangeLog         ChangeLog-1.0.18  ChangeLog-1.0.8 depcomp*     
>>     m4/             README.aix README.solaris
>>     ChangeLog-1.0.0   ChangeLog-1.0.19  ChangeLog-1.0.9 doc/         
>>     Makefile.am     README.beos README.unixware2
>>     ChangeLog-1.0.1   ChangeLog-1.0.2   compile* frontend/    
>>     Makefile.in     README.darwin README.unixware7
>>     ChangeLog-1.0.10  ChangeLog-1.0.20  config.guess* include/     
>>     missing*        README.djpeg README.windows
>>     ChangeLog-1.0.12  ChangeLog-1.0.21  config.log INSTALL      
>>     mkinstalldirs*  README.freebsd README.zeta
>>     ChangeLog-1.0.13  ChangeLog-1.0.3   config.sub* install-sh*  
>>     NEWS            README.hp-ux sane-backends.lsm
>>
>>     [10:56:28] - [root at vivo:/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.22
>>     <mailto:root at vivo:/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.22>]
>>     714 >>> . configure
>>     bash: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
>>     bash: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
>>     bash: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in
>>     "/bin" "/bin/.." "/bin/../.."
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------
>>     i have installed build deps through aptitude.
>>
>>
>>     PS2: i know my english is not perfect. sorry for that. i  really
>>     do what i can.
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     >> niky45 <<
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     >> niky45 <<
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>         Hello,
>
>         if enabling debug traces with:
>
>     export SANE_DEBUG_GENESYS=255
>     export SANE_DEBUG_GENESYS_LOW=255
>     export SANE_DEBUG_GENESYS_GL841=255
>
>       before running a color preview with:
>     scanimage -d genesys --clear-calibration --mode Color
>     2>preview.log >preview.pnm
>
>
>         doesn't work, ie the preview.log file is empty, you may
>     consider recompiling SANE.
>     When running the 'configure' command, be sure to 'cd' to the top
>     directory of the sources and run ./configure , so you get sure the
>     'configure' run is the one from SANE, not another one in the PATH.
>         Although OpticBook 3600 support is in SANE 1.0.22, it would be
>     better to compile SANE 1.0.23. You don't have to install the
>     compiled version to test it. To test you may preload the freshly
>     compiled backend by doing:
>
>     export LD_PRELOAD=.libs/libsane-genesys.so
>
>     and run scanimage, xsane or whatever frontend from the 'backend'
>     subdirectory.
>
>     Regards,
>         Stef
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> >> niky45 <<
>
>
>

     Hello,

     the calibration message is harmless when scanimage is run with 
--clear-calibration. There should be some *.pnm files created in the 
working directory when debug is activated. May you send them to me ? 
THey will give information on the calibration process.

Regards,
     Stef
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