Re: [hpoj-devel] Scanning with HP 1220?

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md...@oz... wrote:
> I am thinking of buying a HP 1220.  I understand it is a postscript
> printer so setting up printing with linux should be easy.  I have had a
> look at the hpoj-devel page and where it talks about the ptal-hp command
> line utility.
> 
> My question is:  How difficult is it to set up to scan with the HP 1220?
> Is the code in the SANE driver yet?  Can you point me to an explantory
> doc on setting up scanning with this product?
> 
> Should I buy one of these or will it be a headache to try and scan with?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Mark.

Hi, Mark.  The 1220 is not yet supported by SANE. Instead, you can use the
"ptal-hp" command-line utility, which is available in the latest development
code in CVS.  I just made some small changes to the documentation to reflect
the current state of ptal-hp scanning.  Basically, once you have ptal-mlcd
(the low-level driver) running, you can scan with a command such as
"ptal-hp mlc:usb:0 scan", and it will output a color image to out.pnm.

Here are all the possible options, which you can get by running something
like "ptal-hp mlc:usb:0 scan -help":

Syntax: ... scan [<settings>...]
Valid settings:
        -bw, -bwht, -gray, -color       -- Scan mode (default=color)
        -contrast <contrast>            -- Contrast (0-100, default=50)
        -res <xy>, -xres <x>, -yres <y> -- Resolution (default=100 DPI)
        -raw, -jpeg, -mh, -mr, -mmr     -- Compression (default=raw)
        -compfactor <n>                 -- Compression factor (0-100, def=0)
        -o <filename.ext>               -- Output file (def=out.pnm or out.jpg)
        -mfpdtf                         -- Save MFPDTF stream
        -openfirst, -opensecond         -- Reorders scan start and open steps
        -parsejpeg, -noparsejpeg        -- Overrides JPEG parsing
        -length <n>                     -- Overrides JPEG image length

It's not hard to download code from CVS.  Just follow the instructions for
anonymous CVS access at "http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/download.shtml" and
"http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=9973".

> I would be glad if you could stop the blacklisting so that I can join
> up to the mailing list.
I'll see if SourceForge has an option for this, and if not, then I'll add
you manually.  I tried to fix this just now but my ISP took my connection
down for maintenance.  :-(  Remind me again in a few days if I forget to
come back to this.

David