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HowtekSc

Scan a Targa image from a Howtek PCS personal color scanner


Syntax

HOWTEKSC [<switches>] <cFILENAME.TGA>


Switch

/aspect
Preserve aspect ratio.

/dither
Scan in two colors (black and white) with dither.

/port:<n>
Scan from port <n> hex (default is 200h)

/verbose
Print input and output dimensions.

/s<n>
Scan in <n> grey shades (2, 16, or 256).

/color16
Scan in 32,768 colors (Targa 16).

/color24
Scan in 16,777,216 colors (Targa 24).

/g<n>
Set gamma correction to <n>. Valid values are:
1 (y = x)
2 (y = x  0.45)
3 (dark) to 7 (light))

/e<n>
Set edge emphasis to <n>. Valid values are:
1 - none
2 - medium
3 - strong
4 - dull

/aletter
Set scan range to 8.5 X 11.

/ainvoice
Set scan range to 8.5 X 5.5.

/t<n>
Set scanning time to <n>. Valid values are:
1 - fast
2 - slow

/w<x>,<y>,<w>,<h>
Set scan window in inches:
<x> is the x origin (x must be greater than or equal to 0)
<y> is the y origin (y must be greater than or equal to 0)
<w> is the width (x +w must be less than 11.0)
<h> is the height (y + h must be less than 17.0)

/o<x>,<y>,<w>,<h>
Set output window in pixels:
<x> is the x origin (x must be greater than or equal to 0)
<y> is the y origin (y must be greater than or equal to 0)
<w> is the width (w must be greater than 0)
<h> is the height (h must be greater than 0)

/compress
Compress output file.


Arguments
<cFILENAME.TGA>
The Targa image filename to save the scanned image to.


Remarks

This is a device driver for the Howtek PCS personal color scanner (only). 
Requires proprietary Howtek bidirectional parallel interface card properly 
configured. Passing parameter string correctly will produce a high quality 
Targa 16 or Targa 24 output file.

Note: To use a Howtek ScanMaster or ScanMaster II, refer to GPIBScan