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- gt68xx.TODO -*-text-*-
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- General:
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- - some sort of fixed lookup-table may be necessary to compensate for the
- non-linear CCD/CIS behaviour. A gamma value is not good enough. Or maybe line
- calibration can be used for that?
- - Some Plustek scanners are advertised with e.g. 1200x2400 but the maximum
- vertical resolution seems to be limited to the horizontal one. Check if
- that's really the case.
- - Keep a log of all gain/offset combinations already tested and break if
- one is repeated to avoid endless loops.
- - Print commands that are send to the scanner in clear text.
- - Try to implement non-blocking USB bulk reads, check libusb CVS.
-
- CCD:
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- Mustek BearPaw 2400 TA Plus:
- - some lines at the beginning of each image have wrong colors (linedistance?)
- This seems to happen with other scanners, too.
- - 600 dpi no backtrack, 1200, 2400 dpi backtrack (gray), check with windows for
- color
- - 600 dpi 12 bit seems to work in pixel mode only (but long lines are too big!)
-
- Mustek BearPaw 1200 TA:
- - similar color problem as 2400 TA Plus, doesn't always happen?
-
- Mustek BearPaw 2448 TA Plus:
- - all modes are slow (massive backtracking). If connected to a USB2 port, the
- backtracking ich much less despite this scanner can't do USB2. Strange.
- - Sometimes there is a USB protocol error when cancelling the scan?
- - top borders move with resolution (happened in the early days with 2400 TA!)
- - gray scans have different brightness
- - scan motor is bumpy and freezes sometimes, looks like accelaration is too big
- (firmware problem?)
- - vertical stripes
- - TA settings are wrong
- - no backtrack >= 600 dpi (also gray!)
- - don't move before and after scan
- - check jpeg output, maybe this can be used for faster scans
-
- Plustek 1248U:
- - Linedistance seems to have problems in the first few and the last lines.
- - Gain and offset values are quite high. Optimum values are not reached. Problem
- with coarse calib? Better algorithm needed.
- - Images in color mode sometimes look too redish (result of above problem).
- - quite slow when full width is selected. Lots of backtracking.
- - Check if pixel mode is possible.
- - Check again 600x1200 dpi.
-
- Plustek U16B:
- - 600 dpi 16 bit is limited to about half the size of the scan area because
- only pixel mode works and 16k is the maximum buffer size.
- - After scanning, a run of sane-find-scanner leads to a protocol error and
- scanning does no longer work.
-
- Genius ColorPage Vivid 1200XE
- - 16 bit per color is advertized but this mode doesn't seem to work
- (only 12 bit)?
- - 1200x1200 and 1200x2400 dpi doesn't seem to work despite being advertized
- - Y-positioning varies slightly with resolution (some mm)
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- CIS:
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- - It may be necessary to do an additional exposure calibration before the
- offset/gain calibration to compensate for different intensities of the
- colored leds. Especially for the Mustek 2400 CU Plus.
- - Changing exposure doesn't seem to have any effect during calibration
- sometimes while it has an effect on the final image?
-
- Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU
- - ok
-
- Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU Plus (0x021b)
- - ok, but similar exposure problems as 2400 CU Plus
-
- Mustek BearPaw 2400 CU Plus
- - ok, but exposure setting may need to be done automatically if the intensity
- of the colors varies for different scanners.
- - calibration/exposure has sometimes sharp jumps in intensity. Reason is
- unknown.
-
- Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB
- - still slight vert. stripes
- - why is line distance setup necessary?
- - line distance varies with resolution (0,5,5 at 300 dpi, 0, 6, 7 with 150 dpi)
- - exposure doesn't seem to have any effect
-
- Mustek ScanExpress 1248 UB
- ok
-
- Plustek OpticSlim 2400
- - only upto 1200 dpi vertical works
- - only 8 and 12 bit work, 16 doesn't (check Windows)
- - exposure is extremely high and seems to have similar problems as with other
- CIS scanners (reaches limit also)
-
- Mustek ScanExpress 2400 USB
- - make it work (nobody seems to have this device)
-
- Visioneer OneTouch 7300
- - 16 bit doesn't seem to work despite beeing advertized
-