plustek: epson 1250 perfection usb scanner
Subject:
Re: epson 1250 perfection usb scanner
From:
"Jaeger, Gerhard" ####@####.####
Date:
1 Jun 2002 10:40:48 -0000
Message-Id: <17E69Q-0pyF60C@fmrl01.sul.t-online.com>
Hi Tom,
this picture reminds me of some earlier tries with the driver...
I thought - Gene correct me - that the color problems are gone so far.
The only thing that is still missing is some sort of dark-calibration but
the colors should not be that bad...
Can please try the latest 1.0.8 SANE stuff?
Gerhard
On Thursday, 30. May 2002 17:05, Tom Hull wrote:
> I have the Epson 1250 Perfection USB scanner "working" -- i.e., the
> scanner runs and sends data which I can see sort of resembles the
> image I'm scanning. However, the results strike me as much more than
> a "calibration" problem. Please take a look at:
>
> http://www.tomhull.com/scan1.jpg
>
> This is a 40k jpeg reduction of the scan of a book cover which is
> mostly black text on white background. As you can see, overall there
> is a lot of red, and there is a lot of banding. When I fiddle with
> the xsane brightness controls, it looks to me like the red channel
> is coherent but oversaturated; the blue and green channels, OTOH,
> show the banding but no coherent image.
>
> My plustek.conf file matches the one posted by Gene Heskett, including:
>
> option lampOff 600
> option warmup 180
> option lOffOnEnd 1
>
> However, once the lamp comes on it stays on indefinitely. (Turns off
> when rebooting.)
>
> "Jaeger, Gerhard" wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Freitag, 24. Mai 2002 06:34, Tom Hull wrote:
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > > Also, is there any reason not to think that it will eventually work
> > > pretty well? (While I can still afford to take it back.)
> >
> > Well, the main problem currently is the calibration. But do a test on
> > your own before bringing it back...
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