Re: Patch for sane.tex (image polarity)

From: Henning Meier-Geinitz (hmg-ml@gmx.de)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 11:57:38 PDT

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    Hi,

    On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 06:54:55PM +0100, Collins, Martin wrote:
    > I may have got the wrong end of the stick here, are you
    > (and David) suggesting that 1-bit lineart not be supported?

    No. We are talking about color lineart/halftone. 1 bit per color --> three
    bit per pixel.

    > When I try lineart (with calibration switched on so it works)
    > with my Mustek A3 Pro I get a grey-scale file. Xsane says
    > the file size will be 1MB as I would expect for 1-bit but
    > the pnm created is 8MB grey.
    >
    > Now, I plan to scan a lot of black & white stuff , so yes,
    > somebody really needs 1-bit color!

    With 1-bit color I mean: Color mode (RGB) but only one bit per color not 8
    or 16 as usual. Nobody wants to remove the "normal" (black/white) lineart
    modes.

    Bye,
      Henning

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