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New with 1.0.32 (released 2021-02-14)

Backends

  • all backends now respect the local_only parameter when true is passed to sane_get_devices() in that they do not actively go out looking for networked devices (!502)
  • artec_eplus48u: fixes configuration for AstraSlim SE (!545)
  • avision: adds the AV186+ and AV188 as supported (!532)
  • avision: fixes doubled height issue (#402)
  • avision: fixes a debug message and compiler warning (!515)
  • canon_dr: adds support for the DR-C120 and DR-C130 (#175)
  • canon_dr: adds support for uploading of fine calibration uploads
  • canon_dr: enables fine calibration for the P-208
  • canon_dr: improves DR-C225 support (#431)
  • canon_lide70: adds support for document scanning on the Canon LiDE 600(F), thanks to a hardware donation by Georg Sauthoff
  • dll: fixes a memory leak (!537)
  • epson2: adds support for the ET-2600 (#395)
  • epson2: adds autofocus support for devices that support it (!531)
  • epson2: fixes brightness support for DS-G20000/12000XL (!529)
  • epson2: fixes an unchecked return value issue (!526)
  • escl: adds support for brightness, threshold, sharpen and contrast options (!527, !528)
  • escl: adds support for LaserJet FLowMFP M578 and MFP M630 (#424)
  • escl: adds support for DeskJet 2710, 2723 (!519) and 3760 (!554)
  • escl: adds support for the PIXMA TS-5351 (!544) and MG5765 (!517)
  • escl: adds support for the Brother HL-L258DW (!517)
  • escl: fixes Avahi device discovery (!536)
  • escl: fixes crashes for devices without a flatbed (!554)
  • escl: fixes segfaults in option handling (!557)
  • escl: fixes sleep mode (!577)
  • escl: fixes builds without libpoppler-glib-dev (#422)
  • escl: fixes a memory issue in its capability handling (#425)
  • fujitsu: fixes brightness/contrast for the iX500
  • fujitsu: fixes memory corruption for duplex scans
  • genesys: disables support for CanoScan 4400F to prevent possible physical damage (#436)
  • gt68xx: fixes scan cancellation logic (#356)
  • pixma: adds untested support for models released in 2020 (!553)
  • pixma: adds support for ADF scans on the i-SENSYS MF260
  • pixma: adds support for PIXMA M340 buttons and ADF status (!513)
  • pixma: adds an option to control when to calibrate (#321)
  • pixma: fixes support for the MX492 (!548)
  • pixma: fixes ADF support for the MX490 Series
  • pixma: fixes max resolution for ADF scans on the PIXMA M320 (#364)
  • pixma: fixes compile errors when libxml2 is not available (#345)
  • plustek: fixes CanoScanN650u discovery (#137)
  • test: fixes several memory leaks (!537)

Frontends

  • saned: add support for listening on a custom or ephemeral port via a new -p/--port option (!549)
  • scanimage: fixes crashes for multi-pass and handheld scans (#408)
  • scanimage: fixes a memory leak (!551)
  • scanimage: fixes option handling for non-compliant backends (#362)

Documentation

  • updates our copy of the GPL with the FSF's current postal address. This changes references to the Library GPL (LGPL-2.0) into refs to the Lesser GPL (LGPL-2.1) but does not affect the licensing of our backends (#320).
  • source code now points to the Free Software Foundation's website for copies of the GPL and LGPL (#320)
  • updates translations for British English and Ukrainian
  • adds a pointer to our Ubuntu PPA for pre-built binaries
  • adds SCSI IDs for the EPSON Perfection 1640SU (!509)
  • fixes a boat-load of spelling mistakes (!516, thanks @marschap)
  • updates description files for scangearmp2 and utsushi external backends

Build

  • removes support for automake maintainer mode (!522)
  • removes sane subdirectory from the lock directory to fix issues when the lock directory is on tmpfs (#363)
  • adds support for builds using GitLab "source" tarballs (#248)
  • fixes static link scenarios (#124)
  • fixes python invocations to use the detected program (!525)
  • disables genesys testsuite when that backend is not built (#354)
  • suppresses warnings about obsolete autoconf macros (#122)
  • fixes availability of sane-backends.pot file inputs (#344)
  • fixes configure.ac for use with autoconf-2.70 (#409)
  • removes CVS keywords from the source to ease use by downstreams that still use CVS (!547)

Miscellaneous

  • udev rules now trigger on all events other than remove (!541). This aims to address a kernel API change introduced in 4.14. The new behaviour may slow down udev's processing of kernel events when still using our plain udev or udev+acl rules, even though these have been optimized slightly (#341). If that bothers you, now is a good time to switch to our udev+hwdb rules in combination with the hwdb database if you have not done so already.

New with 1.0.31 (released 2020-08-23)

Backends

  • adds the canon_lide70 backend
  • avision: adds support for the KODAK i1120, fixes thread cancellation issues, disables exposure option for non-filmscanners
  • canon_dr: improves error reporting
  • dmc: fixes compiler warnings on the scan area options
  • epsonds: rewrites the network I/O following changes made to the epson2 backend in 1.0.30 to fix security issues. Network support is still unsupported.
  • escl: adds ADF support, fixes many minor issues and improves error handling. Now also supports devices behind a proxy (needs explicit configuration).
  • fujitsu: adds support for the fi-800R and a card scanning slot, fixes a bug when reading hardware sensors on the first invocation. Adds USB IDs for fi-7800 and fi-7900.
  • genesys: adds support for the Canon 5600F, Canon LiDE 90, Plustek OpticFilm 7200 and 7200 (v2), 7400, 7600i, 8100 and 8200i. Fixes several issues with the Canon 8600F. Adds 4800dpi support for the Canon LiDE 210 and fixes 3200dpi flatbed support on the Canon 8400F. Adds an option to fill dark calibration with a constant. Adds transparency support for gl847 chipset based devices. Fixes CIS scanner support for gl842 chipset based devices. Removes lineart and image enhancement emulation support.
  • gphoto: supports the PLANon DocuPen RC800 (with a recent enough version of gphoto2)
  • gt68xx: modifies scan cancellation behaviour
  • hp5400: adds button support, fixes a scan cancellation crash issue
  • pixma: add supports for the i-SENSYS MF440 Series and untested support for the PIXMMA G7000 Series and GM4000 Series as well as the i-SENSYS MF720 Series.
  • plustek: fixes a potential buffer overrun
  • test: adds gamma options

Documentation

  • removes the SANE Standard. This is now maintained as a separate project at https://gitlab.com/sane-project/standard. HTML and PDF versions can be found at https://sane-project.gitlab.io/standard/.
  • adds and updates information for multiple supported and unsupported devices
  • translation updates for British English, French, German, Italian and Ukrainian
  • scanimage: documents the JPEG compression level
  • minor improvements documenting build requirements

Build

  • removes the --with-api-spec option from configure
  • replaces the --enable-avahi option with an --with-avahi that defaults to enabling if possible. If the option is given and the required support is not available, configure will exit with an error.
  • improves checking for libjpeg version dependent requirements
  • has been made reproducible (#228)
  • fixes build issues on MinGW

Miscellaneous

  • fixes OpenBSD hotplugd scriptlets (!375)
  • fixes support for unconfigured USB scanners on MacOS (#38)
  • various fixes and improvements in the USB record/replay support
  • fixes a file descriptor validation test in sanei_pio
  • adds missing include in sanei_usb

New with 1.0.30 (released 2020-05-17)

This release fixes several security related issues and a build issue.

Backends

  • epson2: fixes CVE-2020-12867 (GHSL-2020-075) and several memory management issues found while addressing that CVE
  • epsonds: addresses out-of-bound memory access issues to fix CVE-2020-12862 (GHSL-2020-082) and CVE-2020-12863 (GHSL-2020-083), addresses a buffer overflow fixing CVE-2020-12865 (GHSL-2020-084) and disables network autodiscovery to mitigate CVE-2020-12866 (GHSL-2020-079), CVE-2020-12861 (GHSL-2020-080) and CVE-2020-12864 (GHSL-2020-081). Note that this backend does not support network scanners to begin with.
  • magicolor: fixes a floating point exception and uninitialized data read
  • fixes an overflow in sanei_tcp_read()

Build

  • fixes a build issue where linker flags would become link time dependencies (#239)

New with 1.0.29 (released 2020-02-02)

Backends

  • adds an escl backend (theoretically supporting all AirPrint devices with a scan unit)
  • adds support for 23 new scanner models via existing backends
  • significantly changes genesys and pixma backends
  • fixes bugs in canon_dr, fujitsu, hp3900, mustek_usb2, plustek and xerox_mfp backends
  • fixes all compiler warnings on Debian 10 (#120)
  • fixes portability issues for uClibc-ng and MacOS builds
  • adds support to record and replay USB I/O traffic
  • adds timestamps to debug logs

Frontends

  • fixes a 32-bit arithmetic overflow issue in scanimage

Documentation

  • updates translations for British English, Catalan, German, Ukrainian, Valencian
  • adds scangearmp2 external backend descriptions
  • updates hpaio and utsushi external backend descriptions
  • adds the ChangeLogs/ directory to the source tarball (#103)

Build

  • additionally requires libcurl and libxml2 to build the escl backend
  • requires libxml2 for USB I/O recording and replay functionality
  • re-enables pthread support for backends that use its API directly, irrespective of the pthread_t type (#153)
  • moves the genesys and pixma backends to a directory of their own

New with 1.0.28 (released 2019-07-31)

Backends

  • adds a ricoh2 backend
  • adds support for 40+ new scanner models
  • significantly changes canon_dr, fujitsu, genesys, gt68xx, hp5590 and, pixma backends
  • fixes bugs in as6e, avision, mustek and plustek backends
  • fixes scores of compiler warnings

Frontends

  • adds, changes and removes options for saned (see man 8 saned for details)
    • adds: -l (listen), -D (daemonize), -o (once), -e (stderr), -u (user)
    • removes: -s (syslog). Use -a -d level -o -f for the old behavior
    • changes: -d (debug). Use -a -d level -o -f -e for the old behavior
  • saned now cancels scans if the data connections appears to have gone away (after 4 seconds by default, configurable in saned.conf)
  • adds --output-file option to scanimage
  • adds --help option to scan-find-scanner
  • changes sane-desc to create relative hyperlinks

Documentation

  • adds translations for Catalan, Hebrew and Valencian
  • updates translations for British English, Dutch, German and Ukrainian
  • marks unmaintained backends as such
  • documents USB workaround in sane-usb manual page

Build

  • requires a C++11 compatible compiler for the genesys backend
  • requires a JPEG library when building the pixma backend
  • fixes unneeded linking when not using preloadable backend support
  • disables pthread support for systems with non-integral pthread_t type
  • fixes USB support detection on BeOS and OS/2 at ./configure time
  • normalizes trailing whitespace in source code files. If you have local patches that no longer apply, have a look at the whitespace ignoring options of patch and git apply.

New with 1.0.27 (see Note 1), released 2017-05-22:

  • Significant enhancements to canon_dr, epjitsu, epsonds, fujitsu, genesys, hp3500, pixma and xerox-mfp backends.
  • Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends.
  • 30+ new scanner models supported.
  • Made libusb-1.0 the default for USB support (see Note 2).
  • Switched code from C90 to C99 (Thanks to Volker Diels-Grabsch).
  • Updated Linux USB3 workaround (see Note 3).
  • Documentation and translation updates.
  • Bugfixes (Avahi, threading, USB, ICC/PNG/JPEG, etc).
  • Reduced compiler warnings, improved code (see Note 4).

Note 1: There is no 1.0.26 release of sane-backends. That number was skipped so that our development version numbers would more clearly be an extension of the prior release. This should make packaging a little easier for our downstream users.

Note 2: On all systems, the --enable-libusb* flags are now ignored. Instead, the --with-usb and --without-usb flags now control support. When neither is given, USB support will be enabled if possible and disabled otherwise. If --with-usb is requested but not possible, ./configure will fail. There is no support to prefer libusb-0.1 over libusb-1.0. When libusb-1.0 is not found, libusb-0.1 will be tried.

Note 3: The Linux USB3 workaround which was added in version 1.0.25 is now disabled by default. If you have difficulty using a scanner which previously worked, or intermittent scanner availability, try setting the new environment variable SANE_USB_WORKAROUND=1 before starting your frontend.

Note 4: A special thanks goes to Olaf Meeuwissen for picking up the janitorial duties in sane-backends. He has found and fixed a large number of long-standing bugs, curated our bug tracker, improved our build scripts and docs, and provided user support. Thank you Olaf!

New with 1.0.25, released 2015-10-03:

  • New backends: epsonds (Epson DS, PX and WF series), pieusb (PIE and Reflecta film/slide scanners).
  • Support for JPG and PNG output format in scanimage.
  • Significant enhancements to avision, canon_dr, epjitsu, fujitsu, genesys, kodakaio and pixma backends.
  • Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends.
  • 300 new scanner models supported.
  • Workaround for USB3 problems in Linux kernel.
  • Added code for IR functionality.
  • Documentation and translation updates.
  • Bugfixes (threading, networking, udev rules).

New with 1.0.24, released 2013-09-30:

  • Significant enhancements to pixma, genesys, kodakaio, fujitsu, canon_dr.
  • Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends.
  • Added new testsuite
  • 51 new scanner models supported.
  • USB support improvements.
  • Improved build system (mingw64, bug fixes, default pthread on Linux).
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.23, released 2012-08-19:

  • New backends: kvs40xx (Panasonic KV-S40xx), kodakaio (Kodak AiO ESP and Hero)
  • Significant enhancements to several backends.
  • 30 new scanner models supported.
  • V4L support improvements.
  • Improvements for builds on multiple platforms.
  • Improved udev rules.
  • Updated software deskew algorithm.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.22, released 2011-02-13:

  • New backends: kvs20xx (Panasonic KV-S20xx), magicolor (Konica-Minolta )
  • Significant enhancements to several backends.
  • More than 80 new scanner models supported.
  • Support many more networked scanners.
  • Added -A option to scanimage
  • Improved build system.
  • Improved USB support.
  • Improved udev rules.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.21, released 2010-04-25:

  • New backends: kodak (Kodak i18xx), kvs1025 (Panasonic KV-S10xx), p5 (Primax PagePartner)
  • 224 more scanner models supported.
  • Many backends updated.
  • Improved compilation on uncommon platforms.
  • More consistent option naming.
  • Scanimage no longer writes image to tty.
  • Modern translation infrastructure.
  • Improved saned network daemon.
  • Internal SCSI, USB, threading, TCP & UDP code updates.
  • Updated HAL and udev support.
  • New sanei_magic image processing library.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.20, released 2009-05-03:

  • New backends: canon_dr (Canon DR-series), coolscan3 (Nikon LS & Coolscan), rts8891 (Umax & HP 44xx), xerox_mfp (Samsung/Xerox/Dell MFPs)
  • Many backends updated.
  • 75 more scanner models supported.
  • New build system (thanks Chris and Olaf).
  • Avahi support (thanks Julien).
  • More network scanners supported
  • Epson backend deprecated, use epson2
  • Coolscan2 backend deprecated, use coolscan3
  • Internal SCSI, USB, threading, TCP & UDP code updates.
  • Updated HAL and udev support.
  • Improved saned configuration.
  • Scanimage updates.
  • Updated translations.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.19, released 2008-02-10:

  • New backends: cardscan (Corex Cardscan 800c), epjitsu (Epson-based Fujitsu), epson2 (various Epson scanners), hp3900 (HP ScanJet 3970 and more), hp5590 (HP ScanJet 5590 and more), hpljm1005 (HP LaserJet M1005 and more), hs2p (Ricoh IS400 series)
  • Updated backends: abaton, agfafocus, apple, artec, artec_eplus48u, as6e, avision, canon, coolscan, coolscan2, dc25, dell1600n_net, dll, epson, fujitsu, genesys, gt68xx, hp3500, ibm, lexmark, microtek, microtek2, mustek, nec, net, pie, pint, pixma, plustek, plustek_pp, ricoh, s9036, sm3600, sm3840, snapscan, sp15c, st400, tamarack, teco2, test, u12, umax, umax1220u, umax_pp
  • Scanimage detects more chipsets.
  • Internal scsi, usb, tcp and udp code updates.
  • Basic HAL .fdi creation support
  • Build system updates.
  • Updated translations.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.18, released 2006-07-02:

  • New backends: dell1600n_net (Dell 1600n), hp3500 (HP ScanJet 3500 series), pixma (Canon Pixma series), stv680 (Aiptek Pencam and similar).
  • Updated backends: avision, canon, dll, epson, fujitsu, genesys, gt68xx, microtek2, mustek_pp, niash, plustek, snapscan, sp15c, test, u12, umax1220u.
  • Scanimage batch mode fixes.
  • Scanner lists contain USB vendor/product ids and some statistics now.
  • Udev/hotplug lists are generated automatically from the .desc files now.
  • Portability fixes (especially for DragonFlyBSD and HP/UX).
  • Build system updates.
  • Updated translations.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.17, released 2005-12-18:

  • New backends: hp4200 (HP ScanJet 4200), lexmark (Lexmark X1100 series), mustek_usb2 (Mustek BearPaw 2448 TA Pro)
  • Updated backends: artec_eplus48u, avision, canon, epson, fujitsu, genesys, gt68xx, microtek2, mustek_pp, plustek, plustek_pp, sm3600, snapscan, umax_pp.
  • Hotplug/udev updates.
  • scanimage fixes.
  • sane-find-scanner finds more chipsets.
  • Build system fixes/updates. make now calls makedepend.
  • Several fixes in SANE internal functions (sanei).
  • Portability fixes (especially for MacOSX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS/2).
  • Updated translations.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.16, released 2005-08-07:

  • New backends: genesys, sm3840
  • Updated backends: avision, canon, coolscan, epson, gphoto2, gt68xx, mustek, mustek_pp, niash, plustek, plustek_pp, qcam, sm3600, snapscan, teco2, umax_pp, v4l.
  • More functionality/fixes for sanei_usb and sanei_pp.
  • Added sanei_access to allow locking of SANE devices.
  • Hotplug updates.
  • scanimage updates.
  • Portability fixes (especially for OS/2, 64bit platforms, BeOS+ZETA).
  • Added Polish translation. Updated other translations. Fixed format strings.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.15, released 2004-11-07:

  • New backends: niash.
  • Updated backends: agfafocus, artec_eplus48u.c, avision, canon, canon_pp, coolscan, dll, epson, fujitsu, gt68xx, hp, hp5400, leo, microtek2, mustek, mustek_pp, net, pie, plustek, plustek_pp, snapscan, sp15c, tamarack, teco2, umax, umax_pp, u12, v4l.
  • Portability fixes (especially for MacOS X, NetBSD, OS/2, 64 bit platforms).
  • sane-find-scanner detects more chipsets now.
  • Added Finnish translation. Updated other translations.
  • Several saned fixes.
  • Build system updates.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.14, released 2004-05-01:

  • New backends: u12
  • Updated backends: artec, artec_eplus48u, as6e, avision, canon630u, canon_pp, epson, fujitsu, gphoto2, gt68xx, hp, matsushita, mustek, mustek_pp, mustek_usb, plustek, plustek_pp, sm3600, snapscan, teco1, teco2, u12, umax, umax_pp, v4l.
  • Added scripts for USB hotplugging (Linux)
  • Added Danish translation. Updated other translations.
  • sane-find-scanner knows about more chipsets now.
  • Portability fixes (especially for MacOS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and OS/2).
  • Build system fixes.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.13, released 2003-11-22:

  • New backends: mustek_pp_ccd (for Mustek parport CCD scanners), plustek_pp (for Plustek parport scanners, split from the plustek backend).
  • Updated backends: avision, canon630u, coolscan, epson, fujitsu, gphoto2, gt68xx, hp, hp5400, mustek, mustek_pp, pie, plustek, snapscan, teco2, test, umax, umax_pp.
  • New internal interface for parport scanners.
  • Networking (IPv6 + subnet support) fixes + updates.
  • sane-find-scanner can detect some USB scanner chipsets now.
  • Better support for threading.
  • Port to MS Windows (Cygwin).
  • Portability fixes (especially for FreeBSD, MacOS X, OS/2).
  • Build system improvements.
  • Added new (Bulgarian, Czech and Italian) and updated existing translations.
  • The level of support for scanners is now: unsupported, minimal, basic, good, complete or untested (instead of alpha, beta, stable).
  • Documentation updates.
  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.12, released 2003-05-25:

  • New backends: hp5400 (Hewlett Packard 54XX series), ibm (IBM 2456, Ricoh IS-410, IS-420, and IS-430), and ma1509 (Mustek BearPaw 1200F).

  • Updated backends: apple, artec_eplus48u, as6e, avision, canon (FB1200S), canon630u, dc210, dc240, dll, epson, fujitsu (fi4220), gphoto2, gt68xx, hp, mustek, mustek_pp, mustek_usb, net, pie, plustek, snapscan (Agfa Arcus 1200, Epson Perfection 660), teco2 (Relisys AVEC II S3, Relisys APOLLO Express 3 and Primax Jewel 4800), test, umax, umax_pp.

  • Added IPv6 support for saned and net backend.

  • Added SCSI support for MacOS X.

  • Build system improvements.

  • USB access improvements.

  • Portability fixes (especially for Irix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Linux/m68k).

  • Added new (nl, no) and updated existing translations.

  • Documentation updates.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.11, released 2003-02-09:

  • Security fixes for saned.

New with 1.0.10, released 2003-02-01:

  • New backends: artec_eplus48u (Artec E+ 48U, Tevion/Medion MD 9693, Medion MD 9705, Trust Easy Webscan 19200), gt68xx (Artec Ultima 2000, some Mustek BearPaws and other GT6801/GT6816 based scanners).

  • Updated backends: avision, canon, coolscan2, canon_pp, dc210, dc240, dc25, dll, epson, gphoto2, hp, hpsj5s, microtek2, mustek, mustek_pp, plustek, sharp, snapscan, test, umax, umax_pp.

  • Improved SCSI and USB handling.

  • Portability fixes (especially for Linux/sparc64, MacOS X, OS/2, Tru64).

  • New translation system. All backends have translations for the standard options now. Added translations for Portuguese, Russian and Swedish.

  • Build system updates.

  • Various documentation updates.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.9, released 2002-10-24:

  • New backends: hpsj5s (Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5S parport scanner), teco2 (some Relisys/Primax SCSI flatbed scanners, models VM3575, VM6565, VM6586 and VM6575), teco3 (some Relisys/Piotech/Trust/Plustek SCSI flatbed scanners, model VM3552).

  • Updated backends: avision, canon_pp, coolscan2, dc240, dc25, epson, fujitsu, hp, leo, microtek, mustek, mustek_usb, pie, plustek, snapscan, teco1, test, umax, umax_pp, v4l.

  • sane-find-scanner finds more scanners and has more verbosity options now.

  • New tool to create gamma tables (gamma4scanimage).

  • Support for ICC profiles for scanimage.

  • USB scanner should work on all systems supported by libusb now.

  • Portability fixes (especially for big-endian systems, Irix, OpenStep, OS/2, Solaris).

  • New and updated translations for various backends.

  • New system for generating lists of manufacturers/backends.

  • Various documentation updates.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.8, released 2002-05-27:

  • New backends: canon_pp (Canon parport scanners), canon630u (CanoScan 630u

    • 636u), coolscan2 (Nikon Coolscan LS-30, LS-40 ED, LS-4000 ED, and LS-8000 ED), fujitsu (M3091, M3093, M3096 and similar scanners), leo (Leo/Across FS-1130 scanner), matsushita (Panasonic KV-SS scanners), sceptre (Sceptre VividScan S1200), teco1 (some Teco/Relisys flatbed scanners), test (test frontends and SANE installation).

  • Updated backends: avision, canon, dc240, dll, epson, gphoto2, mustek, mustek_pp, mustek_usb, nec, net, plustek, pnm, sharp, sm3600, snapscan, umax, umax_pp, v4l.

  • New translations for several backends (de, es, fr).

  • Networking supports hosts without working DNS now.

  • SCSI system ignores USB files and doesn't block (Linux).

  • New test frontend and backend for testing SANE.

  • Several build system improvements (e.g., new libtool, better make distclean, build only shared libs by default).

  • Portability fixes (especially for AIX, Linux (2.2, hppa, sparc), HP-UX, NetBSD, OPENSTEP, OS/2).

  • Better documentation of internal functions (sanei).

  • Various Documentation updates.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.7, released 2002-02-04:

  • New backend: umax1220u (for UMAX Astra 1220U and 2000U scanners).

  • Updated backends: avision (v 1.0.15), dc240 (v 0.0), dc25 (v 1.2), dll (v 1.0.5), epson (v 1.0.219), gphoto2 (v 0.0), microtek2 (v 0.95), mustek (1.0.118), mustek_usb (v 1.0.10), plustek (v 0.41), pnm (v 1.0.4), sharp (v 0.32), snapscan (v 1.4.7), st400 (v 1.6), umax (v 1.0-32), umax_pp (v 1.0.6).

  • Added support for translating backend options.

  • Added support for USB control messages and lm983x and pv6830 chipsets.

  • Better documentation of internal functions (sanei).

  • Fixed several security issues with temporary files.

  • Fixed several issues in the networking code.

  • Portability fixes (especially for OS/2, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD).

  • Scanimage fixes concerning TIFF output and signal handling.

  • Documentation updates.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.6, released 2001-11-05:

  • New backends: gphoto2 (backend for gphoto2 supported cameras), mustek_usb (for Mustek USB scanners 600CU, 1200CU(+), 1200UB).

  • Updated backends: dc240 (v 0.0), epson (v 0.2.12), hp (0.95), m3096g (v 1.11), microtek2 (v 0.95), mustek (v1.0-113), net (v 1.0.5), pie (1.0-7), pnm (1.0-2), snapscan (v 1.4.0), umax (1.0-31), umax_pp (1).

  • Added generic support for USB devices.

  • Added USB support to sane-find-scanner.

  • Code and documentation updates for HP UX compatibility.

  • Documentation updates.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.5, released 2001-07-01:

  • New backends: bh (Bell+Howell Copiscan II series), dc240 (Kodak DC240 Digital Camera), sm3600 (Microtek ScanMaker 3600), umax_pp (Umax parallel port scanners).

  • Updated backends: artec (v0.5.16), dc25 (v1.2), dll (v1.0.3), epson (v0.2.08), hp (v0.94), microtek (v0.12.3), microtek2(v0.9), mustek (v1.0-107), nec (v0.12), net (v1.0.3), plustek (v0.39), pnm (v1.0.1), snapscan (v1.2), tamarack (v0.5), umax (v1.0-28).

  • Fixed security bug in saned.c that allowed access to scanner without password.

  • pnm isn't installed by default anymore due to security risks

  • Linux-part of sanei_scsi.c was updated concerning buffersizes, devfs, and kernel 2.4. More debug output.

  • sanei_scsi_find_devices works on FreeBSD now.

  • Added support for Solaris sgen SCSI driver.

  • find-scanner was renamed to sane-find-scanner and is installed now. Further more it has a man page now.

  • There is a testsuite for sane, but only one test is implemented yet.

  • Better output about versions of backends and frontends.

  • There is a man page for SANE now (sane(7)).

  • Install all available documentation.

  • Bugfixes.

New with 1.0.4, released 2000-12-21:

  • New backends: as6e, nec, pie.

  • Updated backends: artec (v0.5.15), avision (v0.2.1), epson (v0.1.39), hp (v0.93), mustek (v1.0-102), mustek_pp (v0.9-devel), plustek (v0.38), sharp (v0.32), umax (v1.0-21).

  • Moved frontends xscanimage and xcam to a new package (sane-frontends).

  • Added authentication with encrypted passwords.

  • Installation of shared libraries on AIX is supported now.

  • Fixed compilation bugs on Irix and FreeBSD.

  • Better debug output on platforms not supporting vararg macros.

  • Better documentation about SANE devicenames.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.3, released 2000-08-12:

  • New backends: mustek_pp, plustek, st400, v4l.

  • Updated backends: Artec (v0.5.14), Coolscan (v0.4.3), Epson (v0.1.33), HP (v0.88), Mustek (v1.0-96), Sharp (v0.31), UMAX (v1.0-21).

  • Removed backend info sagitta.desc due to lack of interest.

  • Installing no longer depends on 'rev'.

  • Added and structured documentation.

  • Every backend has a man page now.

  • Debug messages are now sent to syslog if stderr is a socket.

  • New 16 bit support to scanimage.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.0.2, released 2000-03-06:

  • Aliased and hidden backend support.

  • Port to UnixWare 2.x and UnixWare 7.

  • New script 'sane-config' to help frontend developers.

  • Added Ricoh IS50 support.

  • Updated backends: Artec (v0.5.13), CANON (v991108), DC-25 (1.2), HP (v0.86), Microtek (0.12.0), Microtek2 (v0.8), UMAX (v1.0-build-18), Epson (v0.1.15), Sharp (v0.30), sp15c (1.12) and m3096g (1.11).

  • Automatic document feeder support for scanimage.

  • New backend for Avision AV 630 CS.

  • New Linux SCSI Generic driver.

  • Upgraded to libtool 1.3.4

  • GIMP compatibility patch.

  • OS/2 patches.

  • Bugfixes. New with 1.01:

  • Miscellaneous o configure --disable-shared works again o scanimage -T testing option added (by Nick Lamb) o in dll.conf, the pnm, dc25, and dc210 backends are now disabled (commented out) by default. The net backend is now enabled by default. The pnm backend has been disabled as it often proved confusing to novice users. The dc25 and dc210 backends were disabled because they initialize very slowly if no camera is attached. o Downgraded PNM backend to the version shipped with SANE 0.74. The scan area options as implemented in SANE 1.00 were incorrectly implemented which made the backend unreliable.

  • New tool to turn off Mustek 600 II N scanner (by Andreas Czechanowski) o the new binary tools/mustk600iin-off allows to turn off a Mustek 600 II N scanner (note: you'll need to install this tool manually if you want it)

  • New backend for Sharp scanners (by FUKUDA Kazuya & Abel Deuring) o supports the Sharp JX-610, JX-250, and JX-330 SCSI scanner o preview/lineart/haftone/threshold are untested

  • Updated Kodak DC25 backend (by Peter Fales).

  • Updated HP backend (by Peter Kirchgessner) o New features:

    • Option 'unload after scan' for PhotoScanner
    • Manual page sane-hp updated
    • hp.desc updated

    o Bugfixes:

    • Adjustable scan size for scan from ADF
    • No blanks in command line options
    • Segmentation fault for starting scanimage -d hp:/dev/sg0 without /dev/sgo in hp.conf

    Scanning from the ADF therefore should work now.

  • Updated Microtek backend (by Matto Marjanovic) o Fixed off-by-1 error in revision-number parsing. o dump_inquiry() now prints the "Vendor Specific String". o Added model code/vendor name for the other 600ZS. o Made get_scan_status() retry delay increase with each try (will this help the poor 600ZS?). o Corrected base resolution for Agfa StudioScan II/IIsi (400dpi). o Disabled backend's clever aspect-ratio correction code for expanded-mode scans with StudioScan II/IIsi (scanner handles it internally - smart scanner.) o Fixed gamma LUT code parsing stupidity: now correctly determines maximum allowed LUT size, and uses it. (Especially necessary for StudioScan II/IIsi.) o The E6 claims to only support 256-byte LUT's, but the backend now ignores that misinformation (and uses 1024). o Now ignores denial of expanded-mode by older E6's (model code 0x63), in addition to newer E6's.

  • Updated Microtek2 backend (by Bernd Schroeder) o Added support for non-blocking I/O. o Preliminary support for a strip and a slide mode. o For people, who are annoyed, if the the scanhead moves back and fourth during a scan (backtracking): There is a new option 'disable backtracking'. At present this option must be activated by uncommenting the respective entry in the included microtek2.conf file. This is an advanced option. o The X6EL should no longer produce pixel junk after one successful scan.

  • Updated Mustek backend (by Andreas Bolsch) o larger buffer acquired (speeds up scanning slightly) o for SE models minimal resolution increased from 60 dpi to 75 dpi o for SE models 75 dpi in color mode is no longer used as the newer firmware version seems to be even more buggy o bug in calculation of gamma table corrected (applies only to SE models, NOT related to the overflow problem which was corrected via CLIP( ) ) o default resolution is now set according to the minimal resolution (firmware dependent) o for SE models all unsupported options (speed, ... ) explicitly disabled

  • Updated Nikon Coolscan backend (by Didier Carlier) o Reverse the pixel order for the LS-1000.

  • Updated snapscan backend to v0.6 (by Kevin Charter and Petter Reinholdtsen) o Fixes the versioning problem. o Add support for SnapScan 1236s (should also work for SnapScan 600).

  • Updated UMAX backend (by Oliver Rauch) o Added support for Linotype Hell Saphir 2 o Changed bug in gray gamma data conversion o Added support for Nikon AX-210 o Added "Vista S-6E" as supported o Added PowerLook-II (PL-II) as supported o Added Astra 600S as supported New with 1.00:

  • Upgraded to libtool-1.2. This reportedly gets SANE to build on Solaris versions with a broken printf.

  • saned Matching of hostnames is no longer case-sensitive.

  • New Abaton backend (by David Huggins-Daines) Supports "Scan 300/GS" and may work with "Scan 300/S" but the latter is untested.

  • New Agfa Focus backend (by Karl Anders Øygard) Supports: o AGFA Focus GS (6 bit gray scale) (untested) o AGFA Focus Lineart (lineart) (untested) o AGFA Focus II (8 bit gray scale) (untested) o Siemens S9036 (8 bit gray scale) (untested) o AGFA Focus Color (24 bit color 3-pass) o AGFA Focus Color Plus (24 bit color 3-pass)

  • New Kodak DC210 still camera backend (by Brian J. Murrell)

  • New Ricoh backend (by Feico Dillema).

  • New HP backend. The backend formerly known as "xhp" is now the default HP backend. This backend should support HP scanners much better and was contributed by Geoffrey Dairiki and Peter Kirchgessner.

    • Added support for HP 6200C
    • Suppress halftone mode on photosmart (it is not supported)
    • Show calibrate button on photoscanner only for print media
    • Add media selection for photoscanner
    • Cleanup hp_scsi_s structure

  • Updated apple backend (by Milon Firikis). Now you should be able to scan from ColorOneScanners (in non color modes) and maybe from OneScanners (untested).

  • Updated Artec backend (by Chris Pinkham).

  • Updated Kodak DC25 backend (by Peter Fales).

  • Updated Microtek backend (by Matto Marjanovic).

    • Fix segfault on exit due to unnecessary free() in sane_close().
    • Fix to red channel shift bug (which crept in during rewrite of color-handling code).
    • Addition of "patch level" to version codes.

  • Updated Microtek2 backend

    • Added support for ScanMaker 330, ScanMaker 636, ScanMaker E3plus, ScanMaker X6 and Phantom 636.
    • Other improvements (this includes support for automatic document feeders and transparency adapters, missing option descriptions were added).
    • Updated the manual page.

  • Updated Mustek backend (patches by Andreas Bolsch and Heiko Schroeder)

    • Heiko's patch should make resolutions >300dpi work for MFS-6000CX.

    Andreas's patches:

    • Should work with ScanExpress 6000SP, 12000SP as well as older models
    • Bug with MFS-12000SP corrected (poined out by Daniel Deckers)
    • Bug which caused xscanimage to crash after color preview corrected
    • Improvement(?) in high resolution

    Important Notes for ScanExpress models:

    • Resolutions below 60 dpi don't work (firmware problem).
    • Resolutions >300 dpi (6000 SP) or >600 dpi (12000 SP) result in different x/y-resolution as 6000 SP and 12000 SP have in fact only 300 dpi and 600 dpi CCD sensors, respectively.
    • Resolutions >300dpi in color mode sometimes result in corrupted images (parts duplicated/shifted HORIZONTALLY) depending on hardware configuration. Killing all other applications and disabling swap (if sufficient physical memory available) may help. I added some code which writes to every page of the buffer prior to scanning to fool the memory management and scanned a full page color scan with 600dpi * 1200dpi. Very slow but image seemed ok after pnmscale.
    • Max. scan area: 0-216mm (hor.), 2.5-294.5mm (ver.) The scanners can't scan the first 2.5mm (ver.), so you MUST specify the scan area according to this restriction!
    • The scanners support only lineart (1 bpp), gray (8 bpp), color (24 bpp). Although the scanners have 10 bit (6000 SP) or 12 bit (12000 SP) A/D-converters, they can send only 8 bit values to the host. The higher resolution may only be used via gamma table.
    • For compatibility only 256 entry gamma tables may be specified, the actual gamma table sent to the scanner is linearly interpolated from it.
    • In lineart mode only brightness may be adjusted.
    • Cover open/closed reported only via debug output and ignored otherwise.
    • Use of SCSI card supplied with scanner is NOT recommended. (Don't forget termination!)

  • Updated UMAX backend (by Oliver Rauch)

    • added output of umax-backend-version in sane_init
    • added Linotype Hell Jade2 (Vobis ScanBoostar Premium) SCSI-ID "LinoHell","Office2" as supported scanner
    • changed base of calculation of scanwidth and scanlegth from pixel to resolutionbase (1/300, 1/600 or 1/1200 inch)
    • changed calculation for width in pixels for lineart mode
    • changed selection for calibration mode
    • added inquiry for UMUX UC1200SE
    • corrected 12/36-bit-mode in send_gamma_data and array in umax.h

  • Updated SnapScan backend to v0.5 (by Kevin Charter)

    • bug fixes (Wolfgang, David)
    • addition of threshold control for lineart mode (Mikko)
    • Vuego 310S support (Wolfgang)
    • default scan area now maximal (Kevin) New with 0.74:

  • GIMP auto-detection should work again.

  • Service name for remote scanning changed from "saned" to "sane". Be sure to update your /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf if you use remote scanning! We generally try to avoid such incompatible changes, but the name "saned" was definitely wrong, so it seemed better to change it now.

  • Thanks to Matto Marjanovic work, each backend now comes with a .desc file that describes exactly what devices it supports. These description files can be automatically translated into various other formats, such as HTML. See:

    http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html

    for an example as to what this can do for you.

  • New backend for Kodak DC25 digital cameras (by Peter Fales).

  • Updated Artec backend (by Chris Pinkham).

  • Updated Microtek backend (by Matthew Marjanovic)

o Complete rewrite of bit-shuffling, buffering, and color-handling code. o Improved rescaling algorithm for expanded resolution scans. o Support for 600GS (and maybe ZS, too) (thanks to Oliver Neukum). o Support for document autofeeder and IIG (thanks to Ross Crawford). o Fixed sane_cancel. o sane_get_parameters size estimates are now accurate to the last bit. o get_scan_status timeout increased (for 600GS), status code fixed. o Fixed parsing of 3-pass bit in INQUIRY data. o Stopped sending gamma tables to scanners that don't want them. o Made precalibration a bit more robust (always attempt at least one scan line now). o Much, much code clean-up. o Tested & working with saned. (Atrocious hack so sane_read handles buffers smaller than one scanline.) o Auto-expand pre/post hold buffers as necessary (fixes some problems with single-pass color scans). o Added configuration file option to disable precalibration logic. o Fixed document size calculations. o Added more informative scsi-II note. o Remove misnomer "Highscan" from manpage. o Updated man-page.

  • Updated Microtek2 backend (by Bernd Schroeder)

o changed the code for gamma calculation and added a custom gamma table to the options. In some cases this requires an additional memcpy(), but the code is now leaner and cleaner. o fixed the bugs that the backend didn't compile with non gcc compilers. o added an option to control exposure times. o rewrote the code that processes the data that is received from the scanner and transfers it into the frontend buffer. The smallest unit of data that can be copied into the frontend buffer is now a pixel, no longer a complete line. o added (a yet) undocumented option "strip-height" that allows to control the number of lines that is read from the scanner with one "read image". o fixed a bug that caused scanimage to sigsegv when calling sane_exit() without having written all data into the output file. o added code to support scanners with more than 8 bit output per color. Due to the lack of such a scanner this functionality is COMPLETELY UNTESTED and there are some potential sources of bugs, but at least one could give it try. o added sanei_config_attach_matching_devices() o improved the code for the check if it really is Microtek SCSI-II scanner o fixed the "lineart inverted" bug o The threshold option in lineart mode is now in the enhancement group o changed the default for the resolution o The values for the SANE_Params struct are calculated more precisely o dito the number of scan lines that fit into the frontend buffer o changed some return statuses ( replaced SANE_STATUS_INVAL with SANE_STATUS_IO_ERROR where the first one is not allowed) o completely rewrote the end of scan and cancel scan handling o fixed another bug that caused xscanimage to crash with sigsegv under some circumstances (check of the inquiry result was wrong) o added model code for a Vobis Highscan o support for new format of configuration file (including "option ")

  • Updated Nikon Coolscan backend (by Didier Carlier).

  • Updated UMAX backend (by Oliver Rauch): o Cancelling a scan now works, cancelling a preview still makes problems! o Preview fix is activated for Astra 600S, Astra 610S and Vista S6E scanners. (calibration by driver still does not work for these scanners).

    • removed button for preview patch o Quality calibration / calibration by driver now works for same scanners.
    • added selection for type of shading data calculation o Solved problem with black area at top of the image (happened only with some SCSI-adapters). o Added gamma download format type 0 and type 1 for older scanners. o Added Astra 1220S as supported scanner:
    • added 36 gamma input bits support for Astra 1220S
    • added 36 output bits support, but there is no frontend that can handle it! o Added inquiry for Escom Image Scanner 256 (UMAX UG80).

  • OS/2 (by Yuri Dario): o Updated SCSI support so sanei_scsi_find_devices is supported now. o Epson parallel support added (by Rocco Caputo [email protected]) New with 0.73:

  • In xscanimage, the selection box now gets updated again when changing the geometry option sliders---really!

  • On Linux, it is now possible to specify SCSI device names by entering their SCSI ids. For example, instead of "/dev/scanner", one can now specify "scsi MUSTEK" to get all scanners manufactured by Mustek. This feature is currently supported by the all SCSI backends except microtek2. This feature is courtesy of Oliver Rauch.

  • Backend libraries are now installed in $(libdir)/sane (/usr/local/lib/sane/, by default).

  • Updated Microtek backend (Matto Marjanovic):

    • ScanMaker 600ZS, Agfa Arcus II, StudioScan, and StudioScan II now supported (or recognized, at least ;-).
    • Fixed 3-pass scanning.
    • Various bug-fixes (see ChangeLog for details).

  • New Microtek2 backend (Bernd Schroeder) This backend supports the ScanMaker 630 and possibly other newer scanners that are not supported by the "old" Microtek backend.

    Additional info by Bernd:

    This is the very first release of this backend, so consider this software to be in alpha state. The backend was developed on a Pentium (60 Mhz) with Linux 2.0.29 and a ScanMaker 630 attached to the Adaptec AHA1505E that shipped with the scanner. As frontend xscanimage was used. It is intended to work with other models, too, but there are no experiences yet.

    The following options are supported:

     - 8-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, halftone and lineart scans.
 - brightness, contrast, shadow, midtone and highlight control
 - scalar gamma correction.

    Options that are not yet supported include:

     - 3-pass scanners
 - more than 8 bit per color output data. Provisions are made here
   and there in the code, to support more than 8 bit, but that's
   incomplete.

  • configure --disable-static should now work as expected. New with 0.72:

  • New backend for Artec scanners. This backend is known to work with Artec AT3, but others may work too (A6000C should work).

  • Updated DMC and Microtek backend.

  • Updated UMAX backend: ** added exposure time adjustment (for high-end scanners) ** added lamp density control (for high-end scanners) ** UMAX Astra 6X0S works in color-mode now, you have to enable preview_patch! ** added support for UMAX UC1200S and UC1260, but it will not work fine! ** enabled x-resolution greater than 600 dpi if supported by scanner (e.g. UMAX S12) but it sometimes still does not work right!

  • Updated SnapScan backend:

There is now support for the SnapScan 310 and 600 scanner models.

  • OS/2 and FreeBSD support should be working again.

  • New backend writer's guide to SANE File backend/GUIDE outlines a few rules that should help in writing a new backend. New with 0.71:

  • Polaroid Digital Microscope Camera (DMC) backend Written by David Skoll [email protected].

  • Apple scanner backend Written by Milon Firikis [email protected]. This backend supports AppleScanner and has preliminary support for OneScanner and ColorOneScanner.

  • Nikon CoolScan backend Written by Didier Carlier [email protected].

  • Apollo Domain/OS support Contributed by Paul Walker [email protected].

New with 0.70:

  • Preliminary version of AGFA SnapScan backend is now included. This backend is know to work with AGFA SnapScan scanners but is unlikely to work with any other AGFA See scanner.http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~charter/snapscan.html for details.

  • Various minor bug fixes that prevented SANE from building on non-Linux platforms.

  • xscanimage now honors WM_DELETE message.

  • Updated UMAX backend.

New between 0.6 and 0.69:

  • Mustek backend now supports the Transparency Adapter on the Paragon 1200SP (MFS-12000SP).

  • New backend for Canon scanners. This backend was written by Helmut Koeberle [email protected]. It is known to work with the CanonScan 600 though not all features are supported yet.

  • Solaris SCSI support now exists. Thanks to Martin Huber [email protected], the SCSI backends are now usable under Solaris, too. See README.solaris for details.

  • AIX SCSI support now exists. Thanks to Fred Hucht & Michael Staats, the SCSI backends are now usable under AIX, too.

  • New backend for Tamarack and ESCOM scanners. This backend was written by Roger Wolff [email protected] of BitWizard.

  • New backend for Siemens S9036 scanner. This backend was written by Ingo Schneider [email protected].

  • find-scanner (by Oliver Rauch) SANE now comes with a program called find-scanner (in the tools subdirectory) that can be used to find the device name of attaches SCSI scanners.

    Note that this program is not normally installed as part of the normal SANE installation as this program is not something an end-user should ever have to use.

  • The Mustek backend has preliminary support for the Paragon 600 II N scanner. This scanner attaches directly to a Mustek-supplied ISA card which implements a funky parallel port. For details, see the section entitled PARALLEL PORT SCANNERS in sane-mustek(5). Use at your own risk!

  • The location of the configuration files can now be overridden with environment variable SANE_CONFIG_DIR (see also man-pages for the backends and programs).

  • When preloading backends into dll, they now appear in the same order as if they had been loaded dynamically (i.e., in reverse order in which they're listed in dll.conf).

  • Java frontend (by Jeff Freedman) SANE now includes a Java frontend for SANE. However, the Java files are not built by default. See japi/README.JAVA for details.

  • There is a Java API for SANE now. See japi/README.JAVA for details. This code is courtesy of Jeff Freedman [email protected].

  • UMAX updates (by Oliver Rauch):

    • the umax backend is now fully runtime configuable---there are no longer any build-time configuration options.

    • Umax T630, Astra 610S, and Linotype Hell Office scanners are now supported

    • gamma-data now works on Astra 1200 S with 30 bits/pixel

      Note: None of the SANE frontends presently support 30 bits/pixel. If you're interested in fixing this, send mail to [email protected].

  • The Mustek backend is now fully runtime configurable---there are no longer any build-time configuration options. To this end, the mustek.conf configuration file now supports options linedistance-fix, lineart-fix, and strip-height (see sane-mustek(5) for details).

  • New backend for Epson scanners

An alpha-quality backend for Epson scanners is now included with SANE thanks to the efforts of Kazuhiro Sasayama [email protected].

  • OS/2 Support

Thanks to Jeff Freedman [email protected] SANE now supports OS/2.

  • New backend for Microtek scanners

Thanks to the excellent work of Matthew Marjanovic [email protected], the Microtek is now taking shape.

  • Irix SCSI support

Thanks to the work of Michael Sweet [email protected], there is now SCSI support for Irix!

  • Improvements to the UMAX backend (by Oliver Rauch): ** workaround for preview-bit-problem in RGB-mode (UMAX S6E ...) ** unsupported options are disabled ** now three_pass_scan should work ** new supported scanners: *** UC840 *** Astra 1200S

  • The Mustek configuration file (mustek.conf) now supports a configuration option to limit the height of the strip that is scanned with a single SCSI read command. The syntax is:

    option strip-height HEIGHT

    where HEIGHT is a floating point number that gives the maximum strip height in inches. This option should be set to a small value (e.g., 1 inch) when the scanner is connected to a SCSI bus shared with other devices or when using a broken SCSI driver whose timeouts expire prematurely. For best scan performance, the strip-height should be set to a large value or the option should be removed completely. See the sane-scsi(5) man-page for details on how drivers with premature timeouts can be fixed (the Linux ncr810 driver is the only known driver with this problem at this point).

  • The preview window now properly draws the initial window-selection.

  • Mustek backend now uses a SCSI command queue to avoid performance problems with three pass scanners. This can reduce scantimes from 15 minutes down to 3 minutes!

  • Mustek backend will now wait for up to 1 minute for a scanner to become ready if the scanner name is specified explicitly. E.g., "scanimage -d mustek" will timeout almost right away (since the Mustek device name is not specified explicitly) whereas "scanimage -d mustek:/dev/scanner" will wait for up to a minute.

  • HP backend now uses pixel-unit commands to accommodate ScanJet 5P.

  • Platform-specific SCSI setup info is now in sanei-scsi(5).

  • xscanimage(1) now has a section on how to run it under GIMP.

  • B&W qcam support should now work (reports on how well it works are welcome).

  • Exiting xscanimage with preview window open should no longer cause an error.

  • Support for OpenStep/NeXTStep added (xscanimage and xcam require an X server and the GTK+ libraries, though). User-level SCSI is supported.

  • SCSI support for NetBSD and FreeBSD should work now. Thanks to NOGAYA Shigeki [email protected] and Amancio Hasty [email protected] for relevant patches.

  • New man-page sane-scsi(5) with platform-specific SCSI tips and tricks.

  • SANE now builds on HP-UX (SCSI support untested) and IRIX (no SCSI support), too. New in 0.6:

  • UMAX scanners are now supported! Kudos to Oliver Rauch [email protected] and Michael K. Johnson [email protected].

  • scan got renamed to scanimage to avoid a nameclash with an MH program by the same name. For consistency, xscan also got renamed to xscanimage.

  • Man-pages! There finally are at least a few man-pages. At present, the following is covered: saned.1 scanimage.1 xscanimage.1 sane-dll.5 sane-hp.5 sane-mustek.5 sane-net.5 sane-pint.5 sane-pnm.5 sane-qcam.5 sane-umax.5

  • SANE no longer insists on using GCC. GCC works best, but other ANSI C compilers will now also produce usable executables.

  • xscanimage now supports vector options (such as gamma-tables which are also known as intensity or tonemaps).

  • The gamma-table (intensity/tone-map) handling changed in the Mustek backend. As a result, when using scanimage it is now necessary to specify option --custom-gamma before gamma-tables can be specified. Also, the handling of the intensity table is now handled better in color mode (it no longer overrides the color tables; instead the composition of the intensity and the color channel table is used).

  • The SANE header files are now isolated in the include/sane directory and those files get now installed as part of "make install". Thanks to Michael K. Johnson [email protected] for this patch!

  • xscanimage now displays the options' documentation strings as tooltips (can be disabled via the "Preferences" menu).

  • scanimage now supports three-pass scanning and scanning of images whose height is not known a priori (e.g., hand-held scanners).

  • The Mustek backend now supports an option to force preview scans to be monochrome (good to save time on three-pass scanners).

  • configure can now be run from any directory, as it's supposed to (makes it easier to build SANE for multiple platforms from the same source tree).

  • xcam and xscanimage should now build on Solaris, too (thanks to Tristan Tarrant).

  • copyright info in various files have been adjusted. See LICENSE for the general idea behind SANE licensing.

  • Many, many bugfixes. New in 0.5:

  • The same xscan binary can now function as a standalone frontend or as a gimp extension. If installed as a GIMP extension, xscan will attach itself as Extensions->Acquire Image.

  • The pnm backend now has an option to simulate a three-pass scanner. Good for testing.

  • xscan now supports previewing and (persistent) preferences.

  • The build process should be much more robust now. It requires GNU make and gcc but should be completely unproblematic otherwise. A simple "configure" should result in a working SANE environment even on systems where dynamic loading is unavailable. Various options are available to tailor the SANE setup. See README for details.

  • A first implementation of the HP backend now exists (for ScanJet scanners).

  • A first implementation of the net backend and saned (network daemon) now exists. So it is now possible to scan across the network! See backend/net.README and frontend/saned.README for details.

  • xcam, a camera frontend is now included. See frontend/xcam.README for details.

  • Renamed metadl to dll. New in 0.4:

  • A first implementation of the Connectix quickcam backend now exists. At present, only color cameras are known to work, though it shouldn't be too hard to get the b&w versions to work as well.

  • Improvements for the command-line frontend scan:

** Option settings are now applied before the help info is printed. This allows to see what the available options are with certain options in effect. ** It can now deal with SANE_INFO_RELOAD_OPTIONS. ** It now prints the current option values in the help message (except for vectors).

New in 0.33:

  • sane_get_devices() now takes a second argument of boolean type. If it's SANE_TRUE, then the backend must return local (non-remote) devices only.

  • scan now uses the default-unit of mm' (millimeters) again for lengths. Using cm' (centimeter) proved confusing since the help messages print length values in millimeters.

  • Debugging can now be controlled on a per-backend basis. The debug-level of backend is set by environment variable SANE_DEBUG_. For example, to see all debug messages of the metadl backend, set SANE_DEBUG_METADL to a large value (say 128). The sanei.h file provides three macros to assist in using this debug facility: DBG_DECL to declare the integer variable that holds the debug level, DBG_INIT to initialize debugging, and DBG to print a debug message. See backend/sanei.h and backend/metadl.c for details and examples.

  • scan now supports setting options to "auto" mode (e.g., --brightness=auto would ask the backend to select brightness automatically if that option supports automatic mode

  • scan now allows abbreviating the values of a string-lists. Case is ignored and the best matches is used (either longest unique match or exact match when ignoring case) New in 0.32:

  • xscan improved much. See frontend/xscan.README and frontend/xscan.BUGS for details. New in 0.31:

  • xscan has improved much. See frontend/xscan.CHANGES for details.

New in 0.3:

  • The location of the SANE configuration files moved from /etc/saneconf to ${prefix}/etc/sane.d. This normally expands into /usr/local/etc/sane.d.

  • Real build environment. It's GNU autoconf based so all you should have to say is:

    ./configure make make install