[sane-devel] Red tint on scans in XSane & Skanlite

[Kelly Price]

Hey Freso,

Can you try using XSane via Gimp?

(If you don't know, once in Gimp, Right-Click (or menu) >> File >>
Create >> XSane >> Device selection)

If it still gives you the red tint when it scans into Gimp, then we'll
know it's XSane.

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 5:14 AM Frederik “Freso” S. Olesen
<freso.dk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I recently tried to do some scans and noticed they started turning out
> with a noticeable red tint which they didn’t have previously. You can
> see some comparisons and my initial explorations into the issue here:
> https://community.metabrainz.org/t/red-tint-on-scans/476126?u=freso
>
> I asked on IRC for help to further figure this issue out, but got
> referred to this mailing list, so here I am. :)
>
> The issue happens with XSane (0.999) and Skanlite (2.1.0.1) on my
> laptop, but simple-scan (3.36.2.1) and scanimage on the laptop both
> scanned without the red tint and the same XSane version on my desktop
> also doesn’t have this red tint. I tried copying over the .cal file from
> the desktop to the laptop, but that didn’t fix it.
>
> I’ve also tried removing the ~/.sane directory entirely, but that didn’t
> fix it either.
>
> Given that it works (doesn’t have red tint) on some software on the
> laptop and also doesn’t have the red tint on my desktop makes me assume
> that it is not a hardware issue (for the scanner at least).
>
> System is Arch Linux, sane is at 1.0.29, scanner is Canon LiDE 110.
>
> Any hints/suggestions for what I can do to fix this would be greatly
> appreciated. XSane is so far the only UI I’ve tried that is flexible
> enough for my needs, so just using simple-scan or scanimage is not an
> option. :/
>
> --
> Solidarity,
> Frederik “Freso” S. Olesen <https://freso.dk/>
>
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>


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