Image Scan! for Linux Description 


Contents
1   Preamble
2   Version Up Record 
3   Operating Condition
4   Installation Method
5   Running the Software
6   Option


1  Preamble

During our contact with the Free Software Foundation to straighten out
the licensing problems with "Image Scan! for Linux" we noticed that we
needed to clear up what parts are distributed under which conditions.
Here is an attempt.

"Image Scan! for Linux" contains the following parts:

  iscan			the program you use to scan your images
  libsane-epkowa	an improved driver for EPSON scanners
  libesmod		a proprietary module used by iscan
  libesint*		proprietary module used by libsane-epkowa
  esfw*.bin		proprietary data used by libesint*

The latter modules are provided (in object code form only) under the
terms of the license agreement provided in the file `COPYING.KOWA'.
The modules are linked against libraries from the `glibc' package
which is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License.

The `iscan' program is covered by the GNU General Public License with
a special exception that allows linking with the `libesmod' module.

The libsane-epkowa driver is released under the same conditions as
the SANE backends, that is under the GNU General Public License with a
special exception that allows linking a SANE library with other files
to produce an executable.

Copies of the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General
Public License can be found in the files `COPYING' and `COPYING.LIB',
respectively.

Note, the modules used by libsane-epkowa are only needed for selected
low-end scanners, namely:

  libesint1F		Perfection 1250/Perfection 1250 PHOTO
  libesint23		Perfection 1260/Perfection 1260 PHOTO
  libesint32		Perfection 3170 PHOTO

The `iscan' program supports the following scanners:

            Seiko Epson Flatbed Scanner
            - Perfection 610
            - Perfection 640U
            - Perfection 1250/Perfection 1250 PHOTO
            - Perfection 1260/Perfection 1260 PHOTO
            - Perfection 1200S/Perfection 1200U/Perfection 1200U PHOTO
            - Perfection 1240U
            - Perfection 1660 PHOTO
            - Perfection 1640SU/Perfection 1640SU PHOTO
            - Perfection 1650/Perfection 1650 PHOTO
            - Perfection 2400 PHOTO
            - Perfection 2450 PHOTO
            - Perfection 3170 PHOTO
            - Perfection 4870 PHOTO
            - Perfection 3200 PHOTO
            - Expression 1600
            - Expression 1680
            - Expression 1640XL
            - Expression 10000XL
            - GT-10000/GT-10000+
            - GT-15000
            - GT-30000
            - Stylus CX3500/Stylus CX3600
            - Stylus CX4500/Stylus CX4600
            - Stylus CX5100/Stylus CX5200
            - Stylus CX5300/Stylus CX5400
            - Stylus CX6300/Stylus CX6400
            - Stylus CX6500/Stylus CX6600
            - Stylus Photo RX420/Stylus Photo RX430
            - Stylus Photo RX500/Stylus Photo RX510
            - Stylus Photo RX600/Stylus Photo RX610


2  Version Up Record

Thu Jul 22 2004  Ver1.11.0
                   - added support for the Stylus CX3500/CX3600
                   - added support for the Stylus Photo RX420/RX430

Fri Jun 25 2004  Ver1.10.0
                   - added support for the Stylus CX4500/CX4600
                   - added support for the Stylus CX6500/CX6600
                   - hide Start button for scanners that do not
                     support it

Mon May 17 2004  Ver1.9.0
                   - added support for the Expression 10000XL
                   - added Start button support
                   - added JPEG format support
                   - fixed crashes when previewing with A3 scanners
                     under certain conditions

Thu Mar 25 2004  Ver1.8.1
                   - added support for the Stylus CX6300/CX6400

Fri Feb  6 2004  Ver1.8.0
                   - added support for the Stylus Photo RX500/RX510
                   - added support for the Stylus Photo RX600/RX610

Mon Jan 19 2004  Ver1.7.0
                   - added support for the Stylus CX5100/CX5200
                   - added support for the Stylus CX5300/CX5400
                   - added support for the Perfection 4870 PHOTO

Tue Dec 09 2003  Ver1.6.0
                   - added support for the GT-15000
                   - added support for the Perfection 3170 PHOTO
                   - upgraded the SANE bits to sane-backends-1.0.12

Fri Jun 13 2003  Ver1.5.2
                   - fixed ADF support for the GT-30000

Wed Apr 02 2003  Ver1.5.1
                   - added ADF and scanner selection support

Mon Dec 02 2002  Ver1.5.0
                   - Supports Perfection 3200 PHOTO

Mon Jul 22 2002  Ver1.4.0
                   - Supports Perfection 1260/Perfection 1260 PHOTO,
                     Perfection 1660 PHOTO and Perfection 2400 PHOTO.

Mon Jun 10 2002  Ver1.3.0
                   - Supports Perfection 1250/Perfection 1250 PHOTO.
                   - "Color Document" and "Black & White Document" are added
                     to the Image Type menu.

Fri Feb 15 2002  Ver1.2.0
                   - Supports Perfection 610, Perfection 640U,
                     Perfection 1200S/Perfection 1200U/Perfection 1200U PHOTO,
                     GT-10000/GT-10000+ and GT-30000.

Fri Dec 07 2001  Ver1.1.0
                   - Supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
                     and Korean.
                   - The setting items are added to the Resolution list.

Mon Nov 19 2001  Ver1.0.1
                   The following problems are fixed:
                   - The size and color of the scanned image are different
                     from the original when using Perfection 1650 or 
                     Perfection 1650 Photo.

Mon Oct 22 2001  Ver1.0.0
                   New release


3  Operating Condition

- Kernel 2.4.3 or later is required when connecting your scanner by USB.
- Kernel 2.4.8 or later is required when connecting Perfection 1250/
  Perfection 1250 PHOTO and Perfection 1260/Perfection 1260 PHOTO.
- The hard disk requires at least double size of an image data size to
  be scanned.


4  Installation Method

It is required that the following packages are installed previous to 
the installation of Image Scan! for Linux.
 - sane-backends

4-1  Installing a rpm file

NOTE: RPMs provided by EPSON KOWA Corp. have been built on RedHat 8.

Execute the following rpm command to complete the installation.

  # rpm -i iscan-${version}-${release}.i386.rpm

where you should substitute the version of your Image Scan! for Linux
for ${version}-${release}.  So, if you downloaded iscan-1.5.1-5, then
the ${version} part would be 1.5.1 and the ${release} part would be 5.

Depending on the distribution, dependency errors may occur. 
Running the following command will suppress dependency checks,
and complete the installation.

  # rpm -i --nodeps iscan-${version}-${release}.i386.rpm

If an old version of Image Scan! for Linux  exists, 
run the following command and update to the latest version.

  # rpm -U iscan-${version}-${release}.i386.rpm

Note that the installation of Image Scan! for Linux from rpm requires 
that sane has been installed from rpm as well.

4-2  Installing a tar file

Execute the following command to complete the installation.

  # tar -zxvf iscan-${version}-${release}.tar.gz
  # cd iscan-${version}
  # ./configure
  # make
  # make install

Note that the installation of Image Scan! for Linux from tar requires 
that sane has been installed from tar as well.


5  Running the Software

At the command prompt, execute the following command to
start Image Scan! for Linux.

  $ iscan 


6  Option

If you wish to use Image Scan! for Linux as the plug-ins of gimp,
execute the following command.

  $ ln -s /usr/bin/iscan ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/

In order to print from directly from Image Scan! for Linux,
Photo Image Print System v1.3.1 or later must be installed.
The latest version of Photo Image Print System is available at:
 http://www.epkowa.co.jp/

