ScanTek Overview

The
Amiga scanner driver for Microtek, Highscreen and Mustek Flatbed Scanner Overview over the current ScanTek 4.6 version.

Support of the following SCSI Microtek scanner models:
- MICROTEK IISP, MICROTEK II, HIGHSCREEN Flatbed Color IIs, ScanMaker E3, ScanMaker 35t, ScanMaker E6, Highscreen PerfectScan, older Highscreen HighScan
- Microtek ScanMaker 636, 336 and x6 (old model)
- Microtek E3PLUS, V300, 330, 630
  This new scanner model can be used in black&white, grey scale and color scanning.
  The download of color lookup tables (gamma curves) is now supported.
  Color scan images can contain a shifted segment, if the image data is written to a harddisk on the same SCSI host adapter. The image data should be written to a harddisk on another SCSI host adapter or to a IDE harddisk.
Support of the following SCSI Mustek Paragon scanner models:
- Three Pass Scanners:
  Paragon 6000CX, 8000CX (not tested), 12000CX all should work
- One or Single Pass Scanners:
  Paragon 6000SP, 8000SP, 12000SP (now supported) all should work
  Paragon 6000CZ, 8000CZ (not tested)
  Paragon 600IISP, 800IISP
The following scanner models are in the development phase:
- Microtek ScanMaker X6 (new model)
The following scanner models are recognized but not fully supported:
- Mustek ScanExpress 12000SP and Mustek Paragon 1200IIISP (caution: III -> version 3)
  Color scanning is only sucessfull at resolutions of 150, 300, 600 and 1200 dpi.
  Grey scale scanning is possible.
  If the image to be scanned exceeds the scan buffer size than the image is corrupt. This effect is independent from the scan mode.
  The scanning quality is also (!) dependent from the used SCSI host adapter.
  The ScanExpress or Paragon 12000IIISP scanner models are not recommended for ScanTek.
  At least until sometimes in the future the corresponding Mustek SCSI programming documentation for these new models is available. I think this might be a Millenium projekt.
The following scanner models are not supported by now:
- All remaining Mustek ScanExpress and Paragon IIISP models.
  If I get one of the above not supported scanners for testing purposes then I am able to adapt ScanTek to them. At least I must have the current programming documentation.
The following scanner models are not supported:
- Canon, Epson, HP, Umax and any parallelport scanner.
Attention:
In recent times Mustek has changed the scanner firmware. I urge you to test Mustek scanners with your Amiga configuration before buying it.
Mustek scanners have a critical SCSI interface. It was reported to me that these scanners may not work with the A2091 and A3000(T) internal SCSI interface. It is possible that these scanners do not work with other SCSI host adapters, either.
But the Mustek Paragon 6000CX and Mustek Paragon MFS-12000SP work in combination with an Oktagon SCSI host adapter. Be sure to disable reselection for Mustek scanners on your SCSI host adapter. Otherwise your system may not boot.
If your scanner is not mentioned in the list above try it and give me a response whether it works or not.
Support of black/white, built-in halftone (dither), one-pass-color-scan, three pass color scan, grey, red, green and blue scan.
Individual setting of resolution, scanning frame, contrast, shadow, midtone, highlight, exposure time and scanning speed for download to the scanner.
Download of a color look up table (gamma correction table ) to the scanner supported.
Scanning to IFF File of 1, 8 or 24 bit color depth. The maximum size of the scanned image is independent from the RAM size. After the scanning process it is possible to start an external program.
GUI for preview and configuration of the driver. You need Kickstart 2.04 but Kickstart 3.0 is recommended.
Sizeable preview window in black/white or grey scale. Color preview on Cybergraphix screens (15, 16 or 24 bit necessary). There are much more skilled programs to view and manipulate the scanned images in color. (A tool like ADPRO, IMAGE FX or so is needed, if you want to do sophisticated postproduction)
ARexx support
Screenmode requester to define custom screen for working. The current public screen is supported as well
Configurable SCSI device and SCSI ID. The driver supports only SCSI connectable scanners.
The driver is tested with the following SCSI drivers: oktagon.device and gvpscsi.device V4.5.
ScanTek is written using SAS C 6.55.
ScanTek is SHAREWARE.
The non registered version of ScanTek is a full working version, but all scanned images have black lines to motivate you to register. Additionally the maximum size of the preview is restricted.

Do you have any suggestions or questions about ScanTek then email to scantek@gmx.de