1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY sane-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/api/sane/sane-backends-&sane-version;/sane-backends-&sane-version;.tar.gz">
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7 | <!ENTITY sane-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-backends-&sane-version;/sane-backends-&sane-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY sane-size "3.1 MB">
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9 | <!ENTITY sane-buildsize "42 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY sane-time "1.77 SBU">
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11 | ]>
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12 |
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13 | <sect1 id="sane" xreflabel="SANE-&sane-version;">
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14 | <?dbhtml filename="sane.html"?>
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15 | <title>SANE-&sane-version;</title>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2>
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18 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application></title>
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19 |
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20 | <para><acronym>SANE</acronym> is short for Scanner Access Now Easy.
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21 | Scanner access, however, is far from easy, since every vendor has their own
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22 | protocols. The only known protocol that should bring some unity into this
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23 | chaos is the TWAIN interface, but this is too imprecise to
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24 | allow a stable scanning framework. Therefore, <acronym>SANE</acronym> comes
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25 | with its own protocol, so the vendor drivers can't be used.</para>
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26 |
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27 | <para><acronym>SANE</acronym> is split into back ends and front ends. The
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28 | back ends are drivers for the supported scanners. The front ends are user
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29 | interfaces to access the backends.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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34 | url="&sane-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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36 | url="&sane-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download size: &sane-size;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &sane-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &sane-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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40 | </sect3>
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41 |
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42 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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44 | <listitem><para>Front ends: <ulink
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45 | url="ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-frontends-1.0.12/sane-frontends-1.0.12.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
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46 | </itemizedlist>
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47 | </sect3>
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48 |
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49 | <sect3><title><application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
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50 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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51 | <para><xref linkend="libusb"/>,
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52 | <ulink url="http://cyberelk.net/tim/libieee1284/">libieee1284</ulink>,
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53 | <ulink url="http://www.gphoto.org/">gPhoto2</ulink>,
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54 | X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), <xref linkend="GTK2"/> and <xref
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55 | linkend="gimp"/></para></sect4>
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56 | </sect3>
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57 |
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58 | </sect2>
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59 |
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60 | <sect2>
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61 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application></title>
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62 |
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63 | <sect3><title>Preparing your system for scanner access</title>
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64 | <para>To access your scanner, you will probably need the related kernel
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65 | drivers. A <acronym>SCSI</acronym> scanner will need <acronym>SCSI</acronym>
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66 | drivers, a parallel port scanner needs parallel port support (you should use
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67 | enhanced <acronym>EPP</acronym> modes) and an <acronym>USB</acronym> scanner
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68 | will need the <acronym>USB</acronym> scanner module and a <acronym>SCSI
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69 | </acronym> system for emulation. Be sure that you have got the necessary
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70 | devices to access the drivers.</para>
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71 | </sect3>
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72 |
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73 | <sect3><title>Installation of <application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application> backends</title>
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74 |
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75 | <para>Install <application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application> backends by
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76 | running the following commands:</para>
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77 |
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78 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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79 | make &&
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80 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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81 |
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82 | </sect3>
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83 |
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84 | <sect3><title>Installation of <application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application> front ends</title>
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85 |
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86 | <para>To install <application><acronym>SANE</acronym></application> front ends, use the following
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87 | commands:</para>
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88 |
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89 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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90 | make &&
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91 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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92 |
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93 | </sect3>
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94 |
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95 | </sect2>
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96 |
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97 | <sect2>
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98 | <title>Installation command explanations</title>
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99 |
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100 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This switch installs the
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101 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/sane.d</filename>
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102 | instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc/sane.d</filename>.</para>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | <sect2>
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107 | <title>Contents</title>
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108 |
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109 | <sect3><title>Back ends:</title>
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110 | <para>See <ulink url="http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html"/>
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111 | for a list of available backends.</para>
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112 | </sect3>
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113 |
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114 | <sect3><title>Front ends:</title>
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115 | <para><command>scanimage</command>: Command line interface for
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116 | scanning.</para>
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117 | <para><command>xscanimage</command>: Graphical user interface for
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118 | scanning.</para>
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119 | <para><command>gimp-plugin</command>: xscanimage as
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120 | <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> plugin.</para>
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121 | </sect3>
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122 |
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123 | </sect2>
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124 |
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125 | </sect1>
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