Parade with the ArchivistaBox 2008/III

Pfaffhausen, Switzerland, 29.2.2008: As the 29th February only occurs once every four years, then I don’t want to miss this chance to make a further blog entry on this day. I would like to review the last four weeks of development work that we have invested in the ArchivistaBox.

The stated goal of the ArchivistaBox project is that we release two major updates a year, one in the spring and (who is surprised) one in the autumn. The next release, the ArchivistaBox 2008/III, is in the final phase of development, which means that the release can already be accessed at sourceforge.net.

The most important new developments included in the ArchivistaBox 2008/III are:

Official launch of the new ArchivistaBoxes DOLDER, RIGI and SÄNTIS
Completely new API for the WebClient
Upload button in order to directly upload files in the browser
Export of any selection into a new database
Integration of the former Archivista-OCR-Option (freearchives.ch Society)
Considerably updated scanner integration with Sane

When we began developing the ArchivistaBox more than four years ago, scanning in the Linux environment was not a happy story. The supported devices could almost be counted on a single hand. Originally therefore, scanner integration was not planned for the ArchivistaBox.

As we at Archivista GmbH had for a long time worked with AVision scanners in Windows, and as we found a partner in ExactCode that had for a number of years maintained the AVision drivers for Linux, we decided in 2005 to at least include a few AVision devices in the ArchivistaBox concept. Already in the first year of the ArchivistaBox’s existence we were surprised that many of our existing customers showed an interest in the scanner integration. Just as sought after was the integration of FTP capable digital copiers. Since 2006, all devices that can place a PDF and/or TIFF multipage file in a certain directory on an FTP server have been able to be supported.

In 2007 we finally invested in the integration of the Fujitsu scanners. And as we didn’t just want to support the Fujitsu scanners in any old way, we developed the drivers for our needs in such a way that the ultrasonic double feed control and also the JPEG compression also worked. Of course the relevant sponsored developments have all been added to the Sane project in their entirety.

Today, in 2008, we are again taking an important step forward. With the 2008/III release we now support not just digital copiers and above mentioned scanners, but also all Brother and Hewlett Packard (HP) multifunctional devices. In contrast to previous devices, the newly supported devices are extremely competitively priced. For example, the Brother MFC 260C doesn’t cost more than 130 euros. The device also has a feed for approx. 10 to 15 pages and scans (albeit not in permanent operation) 12 pages per minute (300dpi black and white with activated optimisation).

And if you would now like to know if your scanner is really supported, we would like to publish a list of the available devices here. Please note that the list originates primarily from the manufacturers of the relevant scanners. It is unfortunately not possible for us to test every single type of scanner.

Avision

AV120 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A27, sheetfed scanner)
AV121 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A3C, sheetfed scanner)
AV122 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A33, sheetfed duplex scanner)
AV122 C2 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A93, sheetfed duplex scanner)
AV210 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A24, sheetfed scanner)
AV210 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A25, sheetfed scanner)
AV210C2 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A3A, sheetfed scanner)
AV210C2 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A3A, sheetfed scanner)
AV220 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A23, duplex! sheetfed scanner)
AV240SC (SCSI, untested)
AV260CS (SCSI, untested)
AV360CS (SCSI, untested)
AV363CS (SCSI, untested)
AV420CS (SCSI, untested)
AV6120 (SCSI, untested)
AV610 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0a19)
AV610C2 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0a5e)
AM3000 Series (USB, basic, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0a41, MFD)
DS610CU Scancopier (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0a16, 1 pass, 600 dpi, A4)
AV620CS (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, 600 dpi)
AV620CS Plus (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, 1200 dpi)
AV630CS (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, 1200 dpi – regularly tested)
AV630CSL (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, 1200 dpi)
AV6240 (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV600U (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A13, 1 pass, 600 dpi)
AV600U Plus (USB, untested, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A18, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV660S (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV680S (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV690U (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, 2400 dpi)
AV800S (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV810C (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV820 (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV820C (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV820C Plus (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV830C (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV830C Plus (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV880 (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV880C (SCSI, untested, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV3200C (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV3800C (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
AV3850SU (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0a66, 1 pass, ??? dpi)
FB6000E (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 – duplex! – zero edge!)
FB6080E (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0a82, 1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 – duplex! – zero edge!)
FB2080E (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0xa84, 1 pass, 600 dpi, zero-edge)
AV8000S (SCSI, complete, 1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 – regularly tested)
AV8300 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A40, 1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 – duplex!)
AV8350 (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A68, 1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 – duplex!)
IT8300 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x0638,0x0A61, 1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 – duplex!, LCD screen, paper sensors)
@V2500 (USB & network scanner)
@V5100 (USB & network scanner)
AVA3 (SCSI, basic, 1 pass, 600 dpi, A3)

Hewlett-Packard (avision)

ScanJet 5300C (USB, complete, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0701, 1 pass, 2400 dpi – regularly tested – some FW revisions have x-axis image scaling problems over 1200 dpi)
ScanJet 5370C (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0701, 1 pass, 2400 dpi – some FW revisions have x-axis image scaling problems over 1200 dpi)
ScanJet 7400c (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0801, 1 pass, 2400 dpi – dual USB/SCSI interface)
ScanJet 7450c (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0801, 1 pass, 2400 dpi – dual USB/SCSI interface – regularly tested)
ScanJet 7490c (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0801, 1 pass, 1200 dpi – dual USB/SCSI interface)
ScanJet 8200 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0b01, 1 pass, 4800 (?) dpi – USB 2.0)
ScanJet 8250 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0b01, 1 pass, 4800 (?) dpi – USB 2.0)
ScanJet 8270 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x3905, 1 pass, 4800 (?) dpi – USB 2.0)
ScanJet 8290 (USB, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x0b01, 1 pass, 4800 (?) dpi – USB 2.0 and SCSI – only SCSI tested so far)
ScanJet 8390 (US
B, good, USB ID: 0x03f0,0x3805, 1 pass, 4800 (?) dpi – USB 2.0)