Return to scanner.mdwn CVS log

Up to [NetBSD Developer Wiki] / wikisrc

Annotation of wikisrc/scanner.mdwn, revision 1.1

1.1     ! wiz         1: Using Scanners on NetBSD
        !             2: ========================
        !             3: 
        !             4: Setup
        !             5: -----
        !             6: 
        !             7: To connect a USB scanner do:
        !             8: 
        !             9: 1. Check if it is supported by SANE:
        !            10: 
        !            11:   [SANE:Supported Devices](http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html)
        !            12: 
        !            13: 2. Make /dev/ugen0 usable through removal of uscanner from the kernel config by commenting it:
        !            14: 
        !            15:        # cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf
        !            16:        # cp GENERIC GENERIC_UGEN
        !            17: 
        !            18:     Comment out the uscanner device:
        !            19: 
        !            20:        # vi GENERIC_UGEN
        !            21: 
        !            22:     by using '#' so it looks like:
        !            23: 
        !            24:         # USB scanners
        !            25:        # uscanner* at uhub? port ?
        !            26: 
        !            27:     Then, continue to config, make and install the new kernel:
        !            28: 
        !            29:         # config GENERIC_UGEN
        !            30:         # cd ../compile/GENERIC_UGEN
        !            31:         # make depend
        !            32:         # make
        !            33:         # cp netbsd /netbsd.ugen
        !            34:         # cp /netbsd /netbsd.old
        !            35:         # cp netbsd /netbsd
        !            36:         # shutdown -r now
        !            37: 
        !            38: 3. Add the [SANE](http://www.sane-project.org/) packages to the system:
        !            39: 
        !            40:          # cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/sane-backend
        !            41:         # make install
        !            42:         # cd ../sane-frontend
        !            43:         # make install
        !            44:         # cd ../xsane
        !            45:         # make install
        !            46: 
        !            47: 4. Connect the USB scanner and check if it's recognized:
        !            48: 
        !            49:         # sane-find-scanner
        !            50: 
        !            51:     When the scanner is found, check if it is correctly supported and usable:
        !            52: 
        !            53:         # scanimage -L
        !            54: 
        !            55:     Some scanners (e.g. the [Epson Perfection 2480](http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Epson_Perfection_2480)) need firmware loaded; put the firmware image in some place and add the scanner backend configuration file to point to it.
        !            56: 
        !            57:     Scan an image by using the name of appropriate backend found on the SANE supported devices page (usually printed out by sane-find-scanner), for an example:
        !            58: 
        !            59:         # scanimage -v -B -d name_of_backend:libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0 --format pnm > /tmp/image.pnm
        !            60: 
        !            61:     or
        !            62: 
        !            63:         # scanimage -v -B -d hp:libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0 --format pnm > /tmp/image.pnm
        !            64: 
        !            65:     or
        !            66: 
        !            67:         # scanimage -v -B -d gt68xx:libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0 --format pnm > /tmp/image.pnm
        !            68: 
        !            69:     or use X alternative:
        !            70: 
        !            71:          # xsane
        !            72: 
        !            73:     To find what options are available, do:
        !            74: 
        !            75:          # scanimage --help -d gt68xx:libusb:/dev/usb0:/dev/ugen0
        !            76: 
        !            77: User access
        !            78: -----------
        !            79: 
        !            80: To grant another user access to use the scanner, create a 'scanner' group.
        !            81: 
        !            82:     # groupadd scanner
        !            83: 
        !            84: Add user to the group scanner:
        !            85: 
        !            86:     # usermod -G scanner user_name
        !            87: 
        !            88: Change group for a device:
        !            89: 
        !            90:     # chgrp scanner /dev/ugen*
        !            91: 
        !            92: For some drivers, you also need access to the usb bus devices:
        !            93: 
        !            94:     # chgrp scanner /dev/usb*
        !            95: 
        !            96: Also check if the permissions are sufficient, otherwise also do:
        !            97: 
        !            98:     # chmod g+rw /dev/usb* /dev/ugen*
        !            99: 
        !           100: Additional features
        !           101: -------------------
        !           102: 
        !           103: To postprocess the images, the [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/) package is very useful. For example, to batch-convert some images to black/white, use:
        !           104: 
        !           105:     # mkdir ./bw ; for f in *.jpg ; do convert -colorspace gray "$f" "./bw/$f.jpg" ; done
        !           106: 
        !           107: Category: How to