[sane-devel] switching of scanner light in Epson Perfection 1640SU

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Hi Markus,

Markus writes:

> Dear all,
>
> I own a Epson Perfection 1640SU flatbed scanner. Is there a way to turn
> of the lamp inside the scanner via the sane backend during scanning?
> I'd like to scan numerous slides with DIY illumination from top. The
> transparency unit takes only six at a time and when using it, the
> scanned area is automatically reduced to the smaller opining of the
> TPU.

TTBOMK, none of the backends (epson, epson2, epkowa) that support your
scanner have this ability.  Also, according to the device's protocol
specification there is no (documented) command to do so :-/

Sorry that doesn't help,
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