plustek@linuxhacker.org

Hi friends,
I have exchanged my LIDE 20 for an EPSON Perfection 1260 last week,
and yes, it produces scans that can be used!

Still, I am having some questions:

(i) Options lampOff, lOffOnEnd, warmup
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Do these options work with the EPSON Perfection 1260 ?
With
  option lampOff 300
  option lOffOnEnd 1
in the file plustek.conf, the lamp is moved back to its initial position
and switched off immediately upon reaching that position. However, with
  option lampOff 10
  option lOffOnEnd 0
in the file plustek.conf, the lamp is moved, but stops moving before
reaching its initial position, and is never switched off. When scanimage
is invoked the next time, the lamp moves back to its initial position.

In any case, light is kept on when the lamp is moving towards its initial
position.

Next, when I specify
  option lampOff 10
  option lOffOnEnd 0
  option warmup 60
the light is switched on, and after about 65 sec, the scanner starts to
scan. Upon completion, the lamp is moved towards its initial position,
stops before reaching it, and is kept on forever (see above). The next
scanimage command would move the lamp to its initial position.
Unfortunately, I have to wait another 65 secs before scanning starts,
despite the fact that the lamp has been on for quite some time now.

Q: * How to keep the lamp on for 300 sec after doing a scan?
   * How to avoid the warmup period when the lamp has been on for at least
     the time specified in the warmup option?
   * Why do the named options have an effect on the moves the lamp is
     making?

(ii) earlier output
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The lamp is always moved back after scanning and before the scanimage
command terminates. Is there a way to avoid that? Is there a way to send
the data to the printer as soon as that data is available so that the
printer can start receiving data before scanimage terminates? (That would
make copying much faster, I guess.)

(iii) hotplug
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Can the module scanner be automatically loaded/removed if a scanner is
plugged into/pulled off the USB connector. How would I do that?



Any help greatly appreciated.

Gunther