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sane(7)			 SANE Scanner Access Now Easy		       sane(7)

NAME
       sane - Scanner Access Now Easy: API for accessing scanners

DESCRIPTION
       SANE  is	an application programming interface (API) that	provides stan-
       dardized	access to any raster image scanner hardware. The  standardized
       interface  makes	 it possible to	write just one driver for each scanner
       device instead of one driver for	each scanner and application.

       While SANE is primarily targeted	at a UNIX  environment,	 the  standard
       has been	carefully designed to make it possible to implement the	API on
       virtually any hardware or operating system.

       This manual page	provides a summary of the information available	 about
       SANE.

       If  you	have  trouble getting your scanner detected, read the PROBLEMS
       section.

TERMINOLOGY
       An application that uses	the SANE interface is called a SANE  frontend.
       A  driver  that implements the SANE interface is	called a SANE backend.
       A meta backend provides some means to manage one	or  more  other	 back-
       ends.

SOFTWARE PACKAGES
       The  package  `sane-backends' contains a	lot of backends, documentation
       (including the SANE standard), networking support, and the command line
       frontend	  `scanimage'.	  The	frontends  `xscanimage',  `xcam',  and
       `scanadf' are included in the package `sane-frontends'.	Both  packages
       can	 be	 downloaded	 from	   the	    SANE      homepage
       (http://www.sane-project.org/).	Information about other	frontends  and
       backends	can also be found on the SANE homepage.

GENERAL	INFORMATION
       The  following  sections	 provide  short	descriptions and links to more
       information about several aspects of SANE.  A name  with	 a  number  in
       parenthesis (e.g.  `sane-dll(5)') points	to a manual page. In this case
       `man   5	  sane-dll'   will   display   the    page.    Entries	  like
       `/usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/sane.tex'  are  references  to text
       files  that  were  copied   to	the   SANE   documentation   directory
       (/usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/)  during  installation. Everything
       else is a URL to	a resource on the web.

       SANE homepage
	 Information on	all aspects of SANE including a	tutorial and a link to
	 the	SANE	FAQ    can    be   found   on	the   SANE   homepage:
	 http://www.sane-project.org/.

       SANE device lists
	 The SANE device lists contain information about the  status  of  SANE
	 support  for  a  specific device. If your scanner is not listed there
	 (either 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:
	 http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html.   The	 lists
	 are also installed on your system at  /usr/local/share/doc/sane-back-
	 ends/.

       SANE mailing list
	 There	is a mailing list for the purpose of discussing	the SANE stan-
	 dard and its implementations: sane-devel.  Despite its	name, the list
	 is  not  only	intended for developers, but also for users. There are
	 also  some  more  lists  for  special	topics,	 however,  for	users,
	 sane-devel  is	 the  right  list.  How	 to subscribe and unsubscribe:
	 http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html.

       SANE IRC	channel
	 The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel	#sane  can  be	found  on  the
	 Freenode  network  (irc.freenode.net).	It's for discussing SANE prob-
	 lems, talking about development and general  SANE  related  chatting.
	 Before	asking for help, please	read the other documentation mentioned
	 in this manual	page. The channel's topic is also used	for  announce-
	 ments	of  problems  with  SANE  infrastructure  (mailing  lists, web
	 server, etc.).

       Compiling and installing	SANE
	 Look at /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/README and	the  os-depen-
	 dent  README  files  for  information	about compiling	and installing
	 SANE.

       SCSI configuration
	 For information  about	 various  systems  and	SCSI  controllers  see
	 sane-scsi(5).

       USB configuration
	 For information about USB configuration see sane-usb(5).

FRONTENDS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS
       scanimage
	 Command-line frontend.	See scanimage(1).

       saned
	 SANE network daemon that allows remote	clients	to access image	acqui-
	 sition	devices	available on the local host. See saned(8).

       sane-find-scanner
	 Command-line tool to find SCSI	and USB	scanners and  determine	 their
	 Unix device files. See	sane-find-scanner(1).

       Also,  have a look at the sane-frontends	package	(including xscanimage,
       xcam,   and   scanadf)	and   the   frontend   information   page   at
       http://www.sane-project.org/sane-frontends.html.

BACKENDS FOR SCANNERS
       abaton
	 The SANE backend for Abaton flatbed scanners supports the Scan	300/GS
	 (8bit,	256 levels of gray) and	 the  Scan  300/S  (black  and	white,
	 untested). See	sane-abaton(5) for details.

       agfafocus
	 This  backend	supports  AGFA	Focus  scanners	 and the Siemens S9036
	 (untested).  See sane-agfafocus(5) for	details.

       apple
	 The SANE backend for Apple flatbed scanners  supports	the  following
	 scanners:   AppleScanner,   OneScanner	  and	ColorOneScanner.   See
	 sane-apple(5) for details.

       artec
	 The SANE Artec	backend	supports  several  Artec/Ultima	 SCSI  flatbed
	 scanners  as  well as the BlackWidow BW4800SP and the Plustek 19200S.
	 See sane-artec(5) for details.

       artec_eplus48u
	 The SANE artec_eplus48u backend supports the scanner Artec E+ 48U and
	 re-badged  models like	Tevion MD 9693,	Medion MD 9693,	Medion MD 9705
	 and Trust Easy	Webscan	19200. See sane-artec_eplus48u(5) for details.

       as6e
	 This  is a SANE backend for using the Artec AS6E parallel port	inter-
	 face scanner. See sane-as6e(5)	for details.

       avision
	 This backend supports several Avision based scanners.	This  includes
	 the  original	Avision	scanners (like AV 630, AV 620, ...) as well as
	 the HP	ScanJet	53xx and 74xx series, Fujitsu ScanPartner,  some  Mit-
	 subishi  and Minolta film-scanners.  See sane-avision(5) for details.

       bh
	 The bh	backend	provides access	to Bell+Howell Copiscan	II series doc-
	 ument scanners. See sane-bh(5)	for details.

       canon
	 The  canon  backend  supports	the  CanoScan  300,  CanoScan 600, and
	 CanoScan 2700F	SCSI flatbed scanners. See sane-canon(5) for  details.

       canon630u
	 The  canon630u	 backend supports the CanoScan 630u and	636u USB scan-
	 ners.	See sane-canon630u(5) for details.

       canon_dr
	 The canon_dr backend supports the Canon DR-Series ADF	SCSI  and  USB
	 scanners. See sane-canon_dr(5)	for details.

       canon_pp
	 The  canon_pp backend supports	the CanoScan FB330P, FB630P, N340P and
	 N640P parallel	port scanners.	See sane-canon_pp(5) for details.

       cardscan
	 This backend provides support for Corex Cardscan  USB	scanners.  See
	 sane-cardscan(5) for details.

       coolscan
	 This  is  a  SANE  backend  for  Nikon	 Coolscan  film-scanners.  See
	 sane-coolscan(5) for details.

       coolscan2
	 This is  a  SANE  backend  for	 Nikon	Coolscan  film-scanners.   See
	 sane-coolscan2(5) or http://coolscan2.sourceforge.net for details.

       epjitsu
	 The  epjitsu  backend	provides  support  for Epson-based Fujitsu USB
	 scanners. See sane-epjitsu(5) for details.

       epson
	 The SANE epson	backend	provides support for Epson SCSI, parallel port
	 and USB flatbed scanners. See sane-epson(5) for details.

       fujitsu
	 The  fujitsu  backend provides	support	for most Fujitsu SCSI and USB,
	 flatbed and adf scanners. See sane-fujitsu(5) for details.

       genesys
	 The genesys backend provides support for several  scanners  based  on
	 the Genesys Logic GL646, GL841, GL843,	GL847 and GL124	chips like the
	 Medion	6471 and Hewlett-Packard 2300c.
	  See sane-genesys(5) for details.

       gt68xx
	 The gt68xx  backend  provides	support	 for  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 sane-gt68xx(5) for	details.

       hp
	 The SANE hp backend provides access to	Hewlett-Packard	ScanJet	 scan-
	 ners  which  support  SCL  (Scanner  Control  Language	 by  HP).  See
	 sane-hp(5) for	details.

       hpsj5s
	 The SANE backend for the  Hewlett-Packard  ScanJet  5S	 scanner.  See
	 sane-hpsj5s(5)	for details.

       hp3500
	 The  SANE  backend  for  the Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3500 series. See
	 sane-hp3500(5)	for details.

       hp3900
	 The SANE backend for the Hewlett-Packard  ScanJet  3900  series.  See
	 sane-hp3900(5)	for details.

       hp4200
	 The  SANE  backend  for  the Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4200 series. See
	 sane-hp4200(5)	for details.

       hp5400
	 The SANE backend for the Hewlett-Packard ScanJet  54XXC  series.  See
	 sane-hp5400(5)	for details.

       hpljm1005
	 The  SANE backend for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet M1005 scanner. See
	 sane-hpljm1005(5) for details.

       hs2p
	 The SANE backend for the Ricoh	IS450 family  of  SCSI	scanners.  See
	 sane-hs2p(5) for details.

       ibm
	 The   SANE  backend  for  some	 IBM  and  Ricoh  SCSI	scanners.  See
	 sane-ibm(5) for details.

       kodak
	 The SANE backend for some large Kodak scanners. See sane-kodak(5) for
	 details.

       kodakaio
	 The SANE backend for Kodak AiO	printer/scanners. See sane-kodakaio(5)
	 for details.

       kvs1025
	 The   SANE   backend	for   Panasonic	  KV-S102xC   scanners.	   See
	 sane-kvs1025(5) for details.

       leo
	 This  backend	supports the Leo S3 and	the Across FS-1130, which is a
	 re-badged LEO FS-1130 scanner.	See sane-leo(5)	for details.

       lexmark
	 This backend supports the Lexmark X1100 series	of USB	scanners.  See
	 sane-lexmark(5) for details.

       ma1509
	 The  ma1509  backend  supports	 the  Mustek BearPaw 1200F USB flatbed
	 scanner. See sane-ma1509(5) for details.

       magicolor
	 The magicolor backend supports	the KONICA  MINOLTA  magicolor	1690MF
	 multi-function	  printer/scanner/fax.	 See   sane-magicolor(5)   for
	 details.

       matsushita
	 This backend supports some Panasonic KVSS high	 speed	scanners.  See
	 sane-matsushita(5) for	details.

       microtek
	 The  microtek	backend	 provides  access  to  the "second generation"
	 Microtek scanners with	SCSI-1 command set. See	 sane-microtek(5)  for
	 details.

       microtek2
	 The  microtek2	backend	provides access	to some	Microtek scanners with
	 a SCSI-2 command set. See sane-microtek2(5) for details.

       mustek
	 The SANE mustek backend supports most Mustek  SCSI  flatbed  scanners
	 including the Paragon and ScanExpress series and the 600 II N and 600
	 II EP	(non-SCSI).  Some  Trust  scanners  are	 also  supported.  See
	 sane-mustek(5)	for details.

       mustek_pp
	 The mustek_pp backend provides	access to Mustek parallel port flatbed
	 scanners. See sane-mustek_pp(5) for details.

       mustek_usb
	 The mustek_usb	backend	provides access	to some	Mustek ScanExpress USB
	 flatbed scanners. See sane-mustek_usb(5) for details.

       mustek_usb2
	 The  mustek_usb2  backend provides access to scanners using the SQ113
	 chipset like the Mustek BearPaw 2448 TA Pro USB flatbed scanner.  See
	 sane-mustek_usb2(5) for details.

       nec
	 The  SANE  nec	backend	supports the NEC PC-IN500/4C SCSI scanner. See
	 sane-nec(5) for details.

       niash
	 The niash backend supports the	Agfa Snapscan Touch and	the HP ScanJet
	 3300c,	 3400c,	 and 4300c USB flatbed scanners. See sane-niash(5) for
	 details.

       p5
	 The SANE backend for Primax PagePartner. See sane-p5(5) for  details.

       pie
	 The  pie  backend  provides access to Pacific Image Electronics (PIE)
	 and Devcom SCSI flatbed scanners. See sane-pie(5) for details.

       pixma
	 The pixma backend supports  Canon  PIXMA  MP  series  (multi-function
	 devices).  See	 sane-pixma(5) or http://home.arcor.de/wittawat/pixma/
	 for details.

       plustek
	 The SANE plustek backend supports USB flatbed scanners	that  use  the
	 National  Semiconductor  LM983[1/2/3]	chipset	 aka  Merlin. Scanners
	 using this LM983x chips include some models from Plustek, KYE/Genius,
	 Hewlett-Packard,  Mustek, Umax, Epson,	and Canon. See sane-plustek(5)
	 for details.

       plustek_pp
	 The SANE plustek_pp backend supports Plustek  parallel	 port  flatbed
	 scanners.  Scanners using the Plustek ASIC P96001, P96003, P98001 and
	 P98003	include	some models  from  Plustek,  KYE/Genius,  Primax.  See
	 sane-plustek_pp(5) for	details.

       ricoh
	 The  ricoh  backend  provides	access	to the following Ricoh flatbed
	 scanners: IS50	and IS60. See sane-ricoh(5) for	details.

       s9036
	 The s9036 backend provides access to Siemens 9036  flatbed  scanners.
	 See sane-s9036(5) for details.

       sceptre
	 The  sceptre  backend	provides  access  to the Sceptre S1200 flatbed
	 scanner. See sane-sceptre(5) for details.

       sharp
	 The  SANE  sharp  backend   supports	Sharp	SCSI   scanners.   See
	 sane-sharp(5) for details.

       sm3600
	 The  SANE  sm3600  backend  supports  the Microtek ScanMaker 3600 USB
	 scanner. See sane-sm3600(5) for details.

       sm3840
	 The SANE sm3840 backend supports  the	Microtek  ScanMaker  3840  USB
	 scanner.  See sane-sm3840(5) for details.

       snapscan
	 The  snapscan	backend	 supports  AGFA	SnapScan flatbed scanners. See
	 sane-snapscan(5) for details.

       sp15c
	 This backend supports the Fujitsu FCPA	ScanPartner 15C	flatbed	 scan-
	 ner. See sane-sp15c(5)	for details.

       st400
	 The  sane-st400  backend  provides access to Siemens ST400 and	ST800.
	 See sane-st400(5) for details.

       tamarack
	 The SANE tamarack backend supports Tamarack  Artiscan	flatbed	 scan-
	 ners. See sane-tamarack(5) for	details.

       teco1 teco2 teco3
	 The  SANE teco1, teco2	and teco3 backends support some	TECO scanners,
	 usually sold under the	Relisys, Trust,	Primax,	Piotech, Dextra	names.
	 See sane-teco1(5), sane-teco2(5) and sane-teco3(5) for	details.

       u12
	 The sane-u12 backend provides USB flatbed scanners based on Plustek's
	 ASIC 98003 (parallel-port ASIC) and  a	 GeneSys  Logics'  USB-parport
	 bridge	 chip  like  the  Plustek OpticPro U(T)12. See sane-u12(5) for
	 details.

       umax
	 The sane-umax backend provides	access to  several  UMAX-SCSI-scanners
	 and some Linotype Hell	SCSI-scanners. See sane-umax(5)	for details.

       umax_pp
	 The  sane-umax_pp  backend  provides  access  to  Umax	 parallel port
	 flatbed scanners and the HP 3200C. See	sane-umax_pp(5)	for details.

       umax1200u
	 The sane-umax1220u  backend  supports	the  UMAX  Astra  1220U	 (USB)
	 flatbed  scanner  (and	 also  the  UMAX  Astra	 2000U,	 sort of). See
	 sane-umax1220u(5) for details.

       Also,   have   a	  look	 at   the   backend   information   page    at
       http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html and the list of
       projects	in /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/PROJECTS.

BACKENDS FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS
       dc210
	 Backend for Kodak DC210 Digital Camera. See sane-dc210(5).

       dc240
	 Backend for Kodak DC240 Digital Camera. See sane-dc240(5).

       dc25
	 Backend for Kodak DC20/DC25 Digital Cameras. See sane-dc25(5).

       dmc
	 Backend for the Polaroid Digital Microscope Camera. See  sane-dmc(5).

       gphoto2
	 Backend for digital cameras supported by the gphoto2 library package.
	 (See http://www.gphoto.org for	more information and a	list  of  sup-
	 ported	 cameras.)  Gphoto2 supports over 140 different	camera models.
	 However, please note that more	 development  and  testing  is	needed
	 before	 all  of these cameras will be supported by SANE backend.  See
	 sane-gphoto2(5).

       qcam
	 Backend for Connectix QuickCam	cameras. See sane-qcam(5).

       stv680
	 The sane-st680	backend	provides access	to webcams with	a stv680 chip.
	 See sane-st680(5) for details.

       Also,	have   a   look	  at   the   backend   information   page   at
       http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html and the list of
       projects	in /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/PROJECTS.

MISCELLANEOUS BACKENDS
       dll
	 The  sane-dll	library	implements a SANE backend that provides	access
	 to an arbitrary number	of other SANE backends by dynamic loading. See
	 sane-dll(5).

       net
	 The  SANE network daemon saned	provides access	to scanners located on
	 different  computers  in  connection  with  the  net	backend.   See
	 sane-net(5) and saned(8).

       pnm
	 PNM  image reader pseudo-backend. The purpose of this backend is pri-
	 marily	to aid in debugging of SANE frontends. See sane-pnm(5).

       pint
	 Backend for scanners that use the PINT	(Pint  Is  Not	Twain)	device
	 driver.   The	PINT driver is being actively developed	on the OpenBSD
	 platform, and has been	ported to a few	other *nix-like	operating sys-
	 tems. See sane-pint(5).

       test
	 The SANE test backend is for testing frontends	and the	SANE installa-
	 tion.	It provides  test  pictures  and  various  test	 options.  See
	 sane-test(5).

       v4l
	 The  sane-v4l library implements a SANE backend that provides generic
	 access	to video cameras and similar equipment using  the  V4L	(Video
	 for Linux) API. See sane-v4l(5).

       Also,	have   a   look	  at   the   backend   information   page   at
       http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html and the list of
       projects	in /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/PROJECTS.

CHANGING THE TOP-LEVEL BACKEND
       By  default,  all SANE backends (drivers) are loaded dynamically	by the
       sane-dll	meta backend. If you have  any	questions  about  the  dynamic
       loading,	 read  sane-dll(5).  SANE frontend can also be linked to other
       backends	directly by copying or linking	a  backend  to	libsane.so  in
       /usr/local/lib/sane.

DEVELOPER'S DOCUMENTATION
       It's  not hard to write a SANE backend. It can take some	time, however.
       You should have basic knowledge	of  C  and  enough  patience  to  work
       through the documentation and find out how your scanner works. Appended
       is a list of some documents that	help to	write backends and  frontends.

       The  SANE  standard defines the application programming interface (API)
       that is used to communicate between frontends and backends. It  can  be
       found   at   /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/sane.ps	(if  latex  is
       installed   on	your   system)	  and	 on    the    SANE    website:
       http://www.sane-project.org/html/	       (HTML),		    or
       http://www.sane-project.org/sane.ps (Postscript).

       There	is    some    more    information    for    programmers	    in
       /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/backend-writing.txt.	 Most  of  the
       internal	 SANE  routines	 (sanei)   are	 documented   using   doxygen:
       http://www.sane-project.org/sanei/.   Before  a new backend or frontend
       project is started,  have  a  look  at  /usr/local/share/doc/sane-back-
       ends/PROJECTS  for  projects  that are planned or not yet included into
       the   SANE   distribution   and	  at	our    bug-tracking    system:
       http://www.http://www.sane-project.org/bugs.html.

       There  are  some	links on how to	find out about the protocol of a scan-
       ner: http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/misc/develop.html.

       If you start writing a backend or frontend or any other part  of	 SANE,
       please contact the sane-devel mailing list for coordination so the same
       work isn't done twice.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/sane.d/*.conf
	      The backend configuration	files.

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-*.a
	      The static libraries implementing	the backends.

       /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-*.so
	      The shared libraries implementing	the backends (present on  sys-
	      tems that	support	dynamic	loading).

       /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/*
	      SANE  documentation: The standard, READMEs, text files for back-
	      ends etc.

PROBLEMS
       If your device isn't found but you know that it is supported, make sure
       that  it	 is  detected by your operating	system.	For SCSI and USB scan-
       ners, use the  sane-find-scanner	 tool  (see  sane-find-scanner(1)  for
       details).  It prints one	line for each scanner it has detected and some
       comments	(#). If	sane-find-scanner finds	your scanner only as root  but
       not  as	normal	user,  the  permissions	 for  the device files are not
       adjusted	correctly. If the scanner isn't	found at  all,	the  operating
       system hasn't detected it and may need some help. Depending on the type
       of your scanner,	read sane-usb(5) or sane-scsi(5).  If your scanner (or
       other device) is	not connected over the SCSI bus	or USB,	read the back-
       end's manual page for details on	how to set it up.

       Now your	scanner	is detected by the operating system but	not  by	 SANE?
       Try  scanimage  -L.   If	the scanner is not found, check	that the back-
       end's name is mentioned in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf.  Some	 back-
       ends  are  commented  out  by default. Remove the comment sign for your
       backend in this case. Also some backends	aren't compiled	at all if  one
       of  their  prerequisites	 are  missing.	Examples include dc210,	dc240,
       canon_pp, hpsj5s, gphoto2, pint,	qcam, v4l, net,	sm3600,	snapscan, pnm.
       If  you	need one of these backends and they aren't available, read the
       build instructions in the README	file and the individual	 manual	 pages
       of the backends.

       Another	reason for not being detected by scanimage -L may be a missing
       or wrong	configuration in the backend's configuration file. While  SANE
       tries  to  automatically	 find  most scanners, some can't be setup cor-
       rectly without the intervention of  the	administrator.	Also  on  some
       operating systems auto-detection	may not	work. Check the	backend's man-
       ual page	for details.

       If your scanner is still	not found, try setting the various environment
       variables  that	are available to assist	in debugging.  The environment
       variables are documented	in the relevant	manual pages.  For example, to
       get  the	maximum	amount of debug	information when testing a Mustek SCSI
       scanner,	set environment	variables  SANE_DEBUG_DLL,  SANE_DEBUG_MUSTEK,
       and  SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_SCSI  to  128 and then invoke 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 out what's going on by checking the messages carefully, con-
       tact the	sane-devel mailing list	for help (see REPORTING	BUGS below).

       Now that	your scanner is	found by scanimage -L, try to do a scan: scan-
       image  >image.pnm.   This command starts	a scan for the default scanner
       with default settings. All the available	options	are listed by  running
       scanimage  --help.   If	scanning aborts	with an	error message, turn on
       debugging as mentioned above. Maybe the configuration file  needs  some
       tuning,	e.g.  to  setup	 the path to a firmware	that is	needed by some
       scanners. See the backend's manual page for details. If you can't  find
       out what's wrong, contact sane-devel.

       To  check  that	the SANE libraries are installed correctly you can use
       the test	backend, even if you  don't  have  a  scanner  or  other  SANE
       device:

	      scanimage	-d test	-T

       You  should  get	 a list	of PASSed tests. You can do the	same with your
       backend by changing "test" to your backend's name.

       So now scanning with scanimage works and	you want to  use  one  of  the
       graphical  frontends  like  xsane, xscanimage, or quiteinsane but those
       frontends don't detect  your  scanner?  One  reason  may	 be  that  you
       installed two versions of SANE.	E.g. the version that was installed by
       your distribution  in  /usr  and	 one  you  installed  from  source  in
       /usr/local/.   Make  sure  that	only one version is installed. Another
       possible	reason is, that	your system's dynamic loader  can't  find  the
       SANE  libraries.	 For  Linux,  make  sure that /etc/ld.so.conf contains
       /usr/local/lib and does not contain /usr/local/lib/sane.	 See also  the
       documentation of	the frontends.

HOW CAN	YOU HELP SANE
       We  appreciate  any help	we can get. Please have	a look at our web page
       about contributing to SANE: http://www.sane-project.org/contrib.html

CONTACT
       For reporting bugs or requesting	new  features,	please	use  our  bug-
       tracking	 system:  http://www.sane-project.org/bugs.html.  You can also
       contact the author of your backend directly. Usually the	email  address
       can  be found in	the /usr/local/share/doc/sane-backends/AUTHORS file or
       the backend's manpage. For general discussion about  SANE,  please  use
       the SANE	mailing	list sane-devel	(see http://www.sane-project.org/mail-
       ing-lists.html for details).

SEE ALSO
       saned(8),    sane-find-scanner(1),    scanimage(1),     sane-abaton(5),
       sane-agfafocus(5),	      sane-apple(5),		sane-artec(5),
       sane-artec_eplus48u(5),	sane-as6e(5),	sane-avision(5),   sane-bh(5),
       sane-canon(5),  sane-canon630u(5),  sane-canon_dr(5), sane-canon_pp(5),
       sane-cardscan(5), sane-coolscan2(5),  sane-coolscan(5),	sane-dc210(5),
       sane-dc240(5),  sane-dc25(5),  sane-dll(5), sane-dmc(5),	sane-epson(5),
       sane-fujitsu(5),	 sane-genesys(5),   sane-gphoto2(5),   sane-gt68xx(5),
       sane-hp(5),     sane-hpsj5s(5),	   sane-hp3500(5),     sane-hp3900(5),
       sane-hp4200(5),	 sane-hp5400(5),    sane-hpljm1005(5),	  sane-ibm(5),
       sane-kodak(5),  sane-leo(5), sane-lexmark(5), sane-ma1509(5), sane-mat-
       sushita(5),   sane-microtek2(5),	  sane-microtek(5),    sane-mustek(5),
       sane-mustek_pp(5),	sane-mustek_usb(5),	  sane-mustek_usb2(5),
       sane-nec(5),  sane-net(5),  sane-niash(5),  sane-pie(5),	 sane-pint(5),
       sane-plustek(5),	   sane-plustek_pp(5),	  sane-pnm(5),	 sane-qcam(5),
       sane-ricoh(5),	 sane-s9036(5),	    sane-sceptre(5),	 sane-scsi(5),
       sane-sharp(5),	 sane-sm3600(5),   sane-sm3840(5),   sane-snapscan(5),
       sane-sp15c(5),	sane-st400(5),	  sane-stv680(5),    sane-tamarack(5),
       sane-teco1(5), sane-teco2(5), sane-teco3(5), sane-test(5), sane-u12(5),
       sane-umax1220u(5),    sane-umax(5),    sane-umax_pp(5),	  sane-usb(5),
       sane-v4l(5)

AUTHOR
       David Mosberger-Tang and	many many more (see /usr/local/share/doc/sane-
       backends/AUTHORS	for details).  This man	page was  written  by  Henning
       Meier-Geinitz.  Quite  a	 lot of	text was taken from the	SANE standard,
       several man pages, and README files.

				  14 Jul 2008			       sane(7)

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