Thanks Allan. I feel silly now, but better informed. :) Best, Arthur
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:07 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > 8 bit depth is 24 bit color. 8 bits per color, 3 colors. > > allan > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Arthur Hebert <arthur at evcl.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm using SANE to acquire scans from a Fujitsu fi-6130, and I just > noticed > > that the mode=color option uses 8 bits of depth. The scanner itself is > > capable of 24-bit color depth. > > Is there a way to get a 24-bit scan from the sane-fujitsu backend? Or, at > > least 16 bits? > > I notice that the sane-epson > > backend, http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-epson.5.html, documents a > > --depth option, but I don't see it in the fujitsu > > document, http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-fujitsu.5.html. > > I appreciate any comments. > > Thanks, > > Arthur > > -- > > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > > > > > > -- > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20100927/2cdfcb55/attachment.htm>
