plustek: USB-scanner...
Subject:
Re: USB-scanner...
From:
"Jaeger, Gerhard" ####@####.####
Date:
11 Dec 2001 18:45:40 -0000
Message-Id: <01121119410100.00612@ruebennase>
Hi
On Monday, 10. December 2001 20:44, Michael Häckel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Monday 10 December 2001 19:23, Jaeger, Gerhard wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I've currently put on the latest build (40_11) onto the driver page.
> > This should fix some trouble on newer kernels. I'd like to hear from
> > you.
>
> I still get a system freeze on linux-2.4.16. Unlike with earlier versions
> not when starting with scanning but already when starting xscanimage.
I've problems with my Via686 Mobo...
>
> On linux-2.2.20 now all problems I reported seem to be gone, great!
That's okay.
>
> I get the impression, that the light switches a bit more often on and off
> and moves a bit more forwards and backwards than really necessary, but that
> doesn't have an impact on the scanned image of course.
That's what Plustek calls calibration! Be sure I'm working on that, but
the Windows driver has the same behaviour...
>
> With the software that came with the scanner, the scanner always needs a
> warming up phase. Your driver doesn't seem to do that. I can't see a
> problem, but could the lack of warming up eventually result in slightly
> less quality of the images?
>
Yup - you're right. Those lamps normaly need some warmup-time...
That's on my TODO list too...
Gerhard
