=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
> 1. all b/w pictures are too dark This should be adjustable via brightness / contrast sliders in xsane.=20 =46or best results you should use the sliders in the "standard option"=20 window, the ones in the main window will only modify the image data=20 after scanning. It's possible, however, that these sliders do not work correctly for=20 the epson 1670. There was a problem reported for gamma table download=20 to the scanner which may cause troubles also for these settings. > 2. the slide and film scan shown a pretty incorrect output (check > http://eppesuigoccas.homedns.org/~giuseppe/scanner1670/ ) for two > examples. It seems that the scan area of the transparency unit is not set=20 correctly in the SnapScan backend, but this only explains the red=20 border on the right. Another problem with the current implementation is the disabled=20 (because not working) quality calibration. A fix is known in=20 principle but has not yet been implemented.=20 > 3. the major resolution of 1600 DPI isn't available. This problem has been reported several times, so it seems to be for=20 real :-) Unfortunately I've no idea how to fix it: To the best of my=20 knowledge the code for this in snapscan-options.c looks correct. > I would like to help the development of this driver, so my > questions: are there epson specs for this scanner, is there > anything that I may do? The basic command set is covered in an older spec for the Agfa=20 Snapscan 600. I'll send it in private mail. Regards, Oliver =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/xnBf/V6sbrmfIuMRAjPJAJ4i12HVdVeKkEqEa4Tg8/doVWvKDwCcDFvn qV70c9f9ZbzPMi39GSLXzOw=3D =3DN7V7 =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
