Re: [hpoj-devel] psc2210 scanning issues

[Jarl F. <ja...@so...>]

Michal Kosmulski <M.K...@el...> writes:

> hello,
> I have a PSC2210 multifunction device and use it with hpoj 0.90. I also
> have linux kernel 2.4.23, and the device is connected to the usb port.
> Generally, everything works quite well (printing via cups works without
> problems), but there are two issues with scanning that I have not been
> able to solve despite reading the docs and doing extensive web searches.
> a) When I scan (sane with hpoj backend, xsane or kooka as frontend), the
> size of the whole scan area is always Letter-size, even though the
> booklets claim that the device can do either Letter or A4. For me (and
> probably most people in Europe), A4 scanning is necessary since many
> documents are on A4 sized paper. Being unable to scan an A4 piece of paper
> in a single scan is a rather annoying problem.
> b) When I select an area to be scanned in the preview window (whether in
> xsane or kooka), the area that actually gets scanned is not what I
> selected but both vertical edges are shifted to the right: the left edge
> is shifted only a little, but the right edge is shifted quite a lot (ca 2
> centimeters on the original document). This is annoying since it makes
> precise scanning of e.g. photos or any documents smaller than the whole
> scan area problematic. Selecting the right area to be scanned is not
> possible, so I always have to select much more than is really needed and
> then use GIMP to leave only the important part.

This sound like the well known problem described on=20
http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/_todo-0.90.shtml=20
as=20
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When scanning on some models (especially the PSC 2xxx and OfficeJet
61xx series), the bottom and/or right margin may be cut off, and/or
selected scan areas may be offset to the right. Fixed as much as
possible in CVS; any remaining cutoffs are probably the fault of
either the device or frontend application.
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The page states that this has been fixed in CVS (but with no date).

However I can verify that this has been solved in 0.91, so I suggest
that you use 0.91 instead.

If you use SuSE 9.0 I have made packages for that, which is available
on http://www.softace.dk/personal/jarl/hpoj/SuSE-9.0/

> Please let me know if there are any known solutions to these two issues.
> Please also reply to my e-mail, as I am not subscribed to the mailing
> list.

Please post positive or negative results back here on the list.

Jarl

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