Contents

Preliminary
Scanner overview
Primax Scanner
Other models
USB models
Other Plustek USB-Scanner
EPSON 1260 special-section
Downloads
HowTos & Installation-Instructions
History
Known Problems
To do
Mailing List
Thanks
 

Preliminary

Please note, that this is not an official Plustek site, for questions and drivers, concerning M$ Windoze, checkout
Plustek Worldwide or Plustek Germany.
Don't bother us here - you're completely wrong!!!

For more information about SANE, checkout the SANE-Homepage.

If you own a USB model, you can skip this paragraph and directly go down to the USB section.

Although the driver works very well a lot of testing has to be done. The ASIC 9800x part of the driver is stable, the other part is stable as well but may cause problems on systems at heavy load. So please report any problems you may have with the driver.

CAUTION: As there's no sensor to check the upper end of the scan area, it might be possible (on ASIC 96001/3 based models), that the driver moves the CCD-sensor to that boundary and you will hear an awful noise. If that happens, immediately turn off scanner power to avoid any damages.

The following list is based on the information I got from Plustek Germany and from several users. It is maybe incomplete or incorrect. There are might other models from Plustek as OEM versions. If you're in doubt, open the scanner and have a look at the chips you'll find inside.
 

Model	Description	Supported
OpticPro P12/PT12	Asic 98003, 36Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes (since Version 0.38-24)
OpticPro P8	Asic 96003, 36Bit, 300x600 dpi	Yes - poor quality
OpticPro 9636T/12000T	Asic 98001, 36Bit, 600x1200 dpi, Transparency Unit	Yes
OpticPro 9636P Turbo/+	Asic 98001, 36Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes
OpticPro 12000P Turbo	Asic 98001, 36Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes (same as 9636P Turbo)*
OpticPro 9636P	Asic 96003, 36Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes - use driver switch mov=4 (since Version 0.36-34)
OpticPro A3I	Asic 96003, 36Bit, 400x800 dpi	Yes - use driver switch mov=5 (since Version 0.37-20)
OpticPro 9630P/FBIV	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes
OpticPro 9630PL (Legal 14")	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes - use driver switch mov=1 (since Version 0.36)
OpticPro 96000P, 12000P	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes (maybe also 1230P and 9631P)
OpticPro 1236P	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 600x1200 dpi	Yes (reported as OP 96000P)
OpticPro 4831P	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 300x600 dpi	Yes
OpticPro 600P/6000P	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 300x600 dpi	Yes
OpticPro 4830P/FBIII	Asic 96003, 30Bit, 300x600 dpi	Yes
OpticPro 4800P/FBII	Asic 96001, 24Bit, 300x600 dpi	Yes
Spectra 1200/ColorScan 6000	Asic 92001	No
OpticPro 19200S	SCSI Model - rebadged Artec AM12S scanner	No - Supported by the Artec Backend

* As these models also use the 98001 Asic, they should work with the driver - This has to be tested...

 

Primax Parallel Port Scanners

Please correct me if I'm wrong. Some of these models have to be tested too.

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Other models

Pieter Meiring has reported, that the Aries Scan-It Pro 4800 is also a rebadged Plustek Scanner and it works with the driver.
Santiago Capel Torres has reported, that the Genius Colorpage Vivid III V2 will work too, although the pictures are not that perfect... We work on that.

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USB models

The backend supports models like the OpticPro U12, UT12, UT16, U24, UT24 and also other devices, which use the National Semiconductor LM9831/2 chipset. For SANE-Support for other Plustek USB-Scanner see this list.
Any comments and new device entries are welcome...
There's some documentation in the tar-ball (Plustek-USB.txt), also avaialable in french now (Plustek-USB-fr.txt). The code itself is based on code I got from Plustek. To install it, you will need at least SANE-1.0.7. Simply unpack the tar-ball in the sane-backends directory, THEN do the ./configure step and the make all/install stuff.
You will need the kernel-module scanner loaded and you have to configure your scanner in the plustek.conf file. ATTENTION: You might need to specify vendor- and product-id for the "scanner" module!!!
NOTE:
The list below shows the supported devices. It might happen, that you have a scanner that is in the list, but it's product ID does not match - in general such a device is not supported, as they often contain a different chipset. I.e. Plustek has at least two different devices with the same name (U12/UT12) but two different chipsets.
Especially the Product ID 0x0001 is not supported by this backend. It is supported by the U12 backend.
Again, if the device is not listed, it's not supported! If not sure, please ask!
That's it for now - have fun.

Table of supported devices

Manufacturer + Vendor ID	Scanner	Product ID	Status	ASIC
Plustek - 0x07B3		0x0005	not identified yet	LM9832
		0x0007	not identified yet	LM9832
		0x000F	not identified yet	LM9832
	OpticPro U12	0x0010	working	LM9831
	OpticPro U24	0x0011	working	LM9831
		0x0012	not identified yet	LM9832
	OpticPro UT12	0x0013	working	LM9831
		0x0014	not identified yet	LM9832
	Optic Pro U24	0x0015	working	LM9832
		0x0016	not identified yet	LM9832
	OpticPro UT12 / UT16 / UT24	0x0017	works / works / works	LM9832
Mustek - 0x0400	BearPaw 1200	0x1000	working	LM9832
	BearPaw 2400	0x1001	working	LM9832
KYE (Genius) - 0x0458	ColorPage-HR6 V2	0x2007	working	LM9832
	ColorPage-HR6 V2	0x2008	not tested	LM9832
	ColorPage-HR6A	0x2009	not tested	LM9832
	ColorPage-HR7	0x2013	working	LM9832
	ColorPage-HR7LE	0x2015	not tested	LM9832
	ColorPage-HR6X	0x2016	not tested	LM9832
Hewlett Packard - 0x03F0	Scanjet 2100C	0x0505	mostly working	LM9831
	Scanjet 2200C	0x0605	working	LM9832
Epson - 0x04B8	Perfection 1250/Photo	0x010F	USE SANE 1.0.10 or version >= 0.45	LM9832
	Perfection 1260/Photo	0x011D	USE SANE 1.0.10 or version >= 0.45 See also Epson 1260 Section	LM9832
Umax - 0x1606	Umax 3400	0x0060	working	LM9832
	Umax 5400	0x0160	working	LM9832
Canon - 0x04A9	CanoScan D660U	0x2208	working	LM9832
	CanoScan N650U/N656U	0x2206	working	LM9832
	CanoScan N1220U	0x2207	working >= V0.46	LM9832
	CanoScan N670U/N676U/LiDE 20	0x220D	working >= V0.46	LM9833
	CanoScan N1240U/LiDE 30	0x220E	working >= V0.46	LM9833

To get the vendor and product id of your scanner, simply load the USB sub-system and plug in the device. Then do a:
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
and look for a line like the following one:
P: Vendor=0x07b3 ProdID=0x0017 Rev= 1.01

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Other Plustek USB-Scanner

Model	Product ID	SANE-Backend	Status
OpticPro U12/1212U/UT12	0x001	U12 Backend	alpha backend
OpticPro 1248u	0x0400 & 0x0401	GT68xx Backend	working
OpticPro U16B & UT16B	0x0402 & 0x0403	GT68xx Backend	should work
OpticSlim 1200	0x0413	GT68xx Backend	working
OpticSlim 2400	0x0422	GT68xx Backend	working
OpticPro S6	0x0???	none	not supported
OpticPro S12/ST12	0x06??	none	not supported
OpticPro S24/ST24	0x06??	none	not supported
OpticPro ST28	0x0???	none	not supported
OpticPro ST48	0x0???	none	not supported

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EPSON 1260 specific section

There is support for this scanner at least since SANE-1.0.8 but please use SANE-1.0.10 or higher, as the other versions will damage your scanner. The motor settings turned out to be wrong. This problem has been fixed in SANE-1.0.10 and higher or with backend code 0.45-5 or higher.

If it is already too late and your EPSON won't work anymore and there's no way to return it back to the store where you have bought it, you might wan't to repair it on your own. The mail from Thorsten Schnebeck describes what to do.

On Tobias Nährings' electronics page you can find a description for a special power-supply with over-current protection for the EPSON 1260 and a lot of information why the fuse gets blown...

AGAIN: !!! DON'T USE SANE-Versions BELOW 1.0.10 FOR THE EPSON 1260 !!!

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Downloads

Currently (as of 11/2003) the most up to date sources, can be obtained directly from SANE-Download.

This section provides the source code you might need to make your scanner work.
Please note: THE PLUSTEK-MODULE STUFF IS ONLY NEEDED FOR THE PARALLELPORT SCANNERS.
FOR USB UPDATES FIRST CHECK IF NEEDED, MOST OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN SANE.
If not, you'll need a PLUSTEK-SANE tar-ball, goto the Complete Tar-Balls area.

SANE-1.0.3 and higher already contains the backend-code. And so it should be possible to install SANE from a precompiled distribution. After compiling and installing the correct module, you should be able to use your scanner. The table below shows, which SANE version will work with which module-code, if there's a NO in the table, then you have to download the corresponding plustek-sane tar-ball with the backend-code and recompile/reinstall your SANE-package:

	SANE-1.0.3	SANE-1.0.4	SANE-1.0.5	SANE-1.0.6	SANE-1.0.7	SANE-1.0.8	SANE-1.0.9	SANE-1.0.10	SANE-1.0.11	SANE-1.0.12	SANE-1.0.13 and higher
plustek-module-0_36_38.tar.gz	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
plustek-module-0_37_23.tar.gz	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
plustek-module-0_39_7.tar.gz	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
plustek-module-0_40_17.tar.gz	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
plustek-module-0_41_5.tar.gz	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO
plustek-module-0_42_9.tar.gz	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO

RPMS

Complete Tar-Balls

From version 0.36 on we now use an additional number in the filename. This number is the build number. This has been introduced to distinguish between the driver versions that has been inofficially sent to some users for testing.
To use the stuff below, you MUST recompile and reinstall your SANE-package!

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HowTos & Installation-Instructions

Here are Johannes' descriptions

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History

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Known Problems

• The Halftoning works, but the quality is poor (I need dither maps !)
• The scanned images seems to be too dark (OP9636T/12000T)
• The 300dpi transparent/negative mode will not work correctly (OP9636T/12000T)
• The gray mode for transparency and negative sources will not work correctly
• Problems during scan on heavy load systems (ASIC 96001/3 based models)
• HP printers start to print during scan procedure (general problem of printers using bi-directional communication
• The ASIC 96001/3 scanners can't use the max. available Resolution, the motor might provide, this is a driver restriction (currently !)
• Picture data is getting lost on heavy load systems (ASIC96001/3 based models)
• The version 0.35 is not able to scan in transparency and negativ mode - use version 0.36 or higher.
• ASIC 96003 based scanner with 600x1200 dpi resolution are slower than under Windoze.
• Some shading problems on OP96000P models.
• Poor scan quality with the A3I.
• It seems, that there are different versions of the OP4800, some of them are reported as OP4830 and won't work with higher resolutions (> 150dpi)
• The IEEE1284 support in Kernel 2.4.x seems to cause some trouble when enabled. So if you have problems and the scanner is not recognized, please disable the IEEE1284 support in the kernel configuration.
• Scanning negatives with an USB device does not work very well.
• Parport-Mode ECP, ECP/EPP causes some trouble, set to EPP.

WARNING: If you hear a strange noise and the sensor has already reached the end of the scanning area turn OFF power immediately too prevent any damages.

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To do

• more documentation/comments of the different functions
• checking time-out conditions (MiscCheckTimer !) and handle them correctly
• support of loadable tone maps and gamma correction (done with 0.42)
• test concurrency between scanner and printer on the same port
• test concurrency between scanner and CUPS
• better error recovery (to avoid reboot and switch on/off actions)
• better dither maps
• allow scanning up to the max available resolution for the ASIC 96001/3 based models
• recover from data loss on the ASIC 96001/3 based models
• improve scan-quality of the A3I
• make negative sanning useable for Plustek USB scanners
• improve image quality for NON-Plustek LM983x based scanners

Mailing List

For subscription first send a mail to plustek-subscribe@linuxhacker.org with the word subscribe in the body.
To remove your address use plustek-unsubscribe@linuxhacker.org with the word unsubscribe in the body.

If you only want to search the archive, this link might also be helpful.
Click here to access our archive.
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Thanks

The parallelport guys

The USB guys

Mike Haid for lending me his OpticPro A3I

Peter Dangl for lending me his HP 690C printer

Alex Holden for running the LinuxHacker pages including the mailing list

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