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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff.email>2022-02-01 15:25:04 +0100
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff.email>2022-02-01 15:25:04 +0100
commit8e5d399808d2270ae9d56c96560a021e594d18a4 (patch)
treecb83e4c8216cf0e8bcaa17a6f2cb64cf4d7f469a /doc/sane.man
parent97e55bdc5cdf59304af739e65f416320bcbcf599 (diff)
parent302276dc1b90cfc972fb726ca94a23b18f4b0088 (diff)
Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.1.1'
Update to upstream version '1.1.1' with Debian dir 4cb81ae9eaa2503b9c320ac1e8125f9df6e7f7b3
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diff --git a/doc/sane.man b/doc/sane.man
index 80f7c1a..a37e8d2 100644
--- a/doc/sane.man
+++ b/doc/sane.man
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The frontends
and
.BR scanadf (1)
are included in the package
-.BR sane\-frontends.
+.BR sane\-frontends .
Both packages can be downloaded from the
.B SANE
homepage
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ supported or unsupported), please contact us. See section HOW CAN YOU HELP
SANE for details. There are lists for specific releases of SANE, for the
current development version and a search engine:
.IR http://www.sane\-project.org/sane\-supported\-devices.html .
-The lists are also installed on your system at \fI@DOCDIR@/\fR.
+The lists are also installed on your system at
+.IR @DOCDIR@/ .
.TP
.B SANE mailing list
There is a mailing list for the purpose of discussing the SANE standard and its
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ unsubscribe:
.TP
.B SANE IRC channel
The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel #sane can be found on the Freenode
-network (irc.freenode.net). It's for discussing
+network (irc.libera.chat). It's for discussing
.B SANE
problems, talking about development and general
.B SANE
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ Supports the Canon DR-Series ADF SCSI and USB scanners. See
for details.
.TP
.B canon_lide70
-Supports the CanoScan LiDE 70 USB scanner. See
+Supports the CanoScan LiDE 70 and 600 USB scanners. See
.BR sane\-canon_lide70 (5)
for details.
.TP
@@ -251,8 +252,18 @@ Supports Epson-based Fujitsu USB scanners. See
for details.
.TP
.B epson
-Supports Epson SCSI, parallel port and USB flatbed scanners. See
+Old driver for Epson SCSI, parallel port and USB flatbed scanners. See
.BR sane\-epson (5)
+for details but try
+.BR epson2
+first.
+.TP
+.B epson2
+Newer driver for Epson SCSI, parallel port, network and USB flatbed
+scanners (try this before
+.BR epson
+which is outdated). See
+.BR sane\-epson2 (5)
for details.
.TP
.B escl
@@ -267,16 +278,20 @@ for details.
.TP
.B genesys
Supports several scanners based on the Genesys Logic
-GL646, GL841, GL843, GL847 and GL124 chips like the Medion 6471 and Hewlett-Packard 2300c.
- See
+GL646, GL841, GL843, GL847 and GL124 chips like the
+Medion 6471 and Hewlett-Packard 2300c.
+See
.BR sane\-genesys (5)
for details.
.TP
.B gt68xx
Supports scanners based on the Grandtech
-GT-6801 and GT-6816 chips like the Artec Ultima 2000 and several Mustek
-BearPaw CU and TA models. Some Genius, Lexmark, Medion, Packard Bell, Plustek,
-and Trust scanners are also supported. See
+GT-6801 and GT-6816 chips like the Artec Ultima 2000
+and several Mustek BearPaw CU and TA models.
+.br
+Some Genius,
+Lexmark, Medion, Packard Bell, Plustek, and Trust scanners
+are also supported. See
.BR sane\-gt68xx (5)
for details.
.TP
@@ -313,7 +328,7 @@ for details.
.TP
.B hpljm1005
Supports the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet M1005 scanner. See
-.BR sane\-hpljm1005(5)
+.BR sane\-hpljm1005 (5)
for details.
.TP
.B hs2p
@@ -601,9 +616,9 @@ The
network daemon
.BR saned (8)
provides access to scanners located on different
-computers in connection with the net backend. See
+computers in connection with the
.BR sane\-net (5)
-and
+backend. See
.BR saned (8).
.TP
.B pnm
@@ -761,9 +776,16 @@ information when testing a Mustek SCSI scanner, set environment variables
.BR SANE_DEBUG_DLL ", " SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK ", and " SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_SCSI
to 128 and then invoke
.IR scanimage\ \-L .
-The debug messages for the dll backend tell if the mustek backend was found
-and loaded at all. The mustek messages explain what the mustek backend is
-doing while the SCSI debugging shows the low level handling. If you can't find
+The
+.B SANE_DEBUG_DLL
+messages tell if the
+.BR sane\-mustek (5)
+backend was found and loaded at all. The
+.B SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK
+messages explain what the backend is
+doing while the
+.B SANE_DEBUG_SCSI
+debugging shows the low level handling. If you can't find
out what's going on by checking the messages carefully, contact the sane\-devel
mailing list for help (see REPORTING BUGS below).
.PP
@@ -792,11 +814,11 @@ You should get a list of PASSed tests. You can do the same with your backend
by changing "test" to your backend's name.
.PP
So now scanning with
-.B scanimage(1)
+.B scanimage (1)
works and you want to use one of the graphical frontends like
-.BR xsane(1) ,
-.BR xscanimage(1) ", or"
-.B quiteinsane(1)
+.BR xsane (1) ,
+.BR xscanimage (1) ", or"
+.B quiteinsane (1)
but those frontends don't detect your scanner? One reason may be that you
installed two versions of
.BR SANE .
@@ -866,6 +888,7 @@ for details).
.BR sane\-dll (5),
.BR sane\-dmc (5),
.BR sane\-epson (5),
+.BR sane\-epson2 (5),
.BR sane\-escl (5),
.BR sane\-fujitsu (5),
.BR sane\-genesys (5),