Download location (HTTP): http://www.mostang.com/sane Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.mostang.com/pub/sane/sane-backends-1.0.9.tar.gz Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.mostang.com/pub/sane/sane-frontends-1.0.9.tar.gz Version used: 1.0.9 Package size: 2.2 MB (Backends), 174 kb (Frontends) Estimated Disk space required: 31 MB (Backends), 3.1 MB (Frontends) |
SANE is short for Scanner Access Now Easy. Alas, scanner access is not really easy, since every vendor has own protocols. The only known protocol that should bring some unity into this chaos is the TWAIN interface, but this is too imprecise to allow a stable scanning framework. Therefore, SANE comes with its own protocol, so the vendor drivers can't be used.
SANE is split into backends and frontends. The backends are drivers for the supported scanners. The frontends are user interfaces to access the backends.
SANE will utilize: xfree86-4.3.0, GTK+-1.2.10 and gimp-1.2.3 |
To access your scanner, you will probably need the related kernel drivers. A SCSI scanner will need SCSI drivers, a parallel port scanner needs parallel port support (you should use enhanced EPP modes, too) and an USB scanner will need the USB scanner module and a SCSI system for emulation. Be sure that you have got the necessary devices to access the drivers.
Install sane-backends by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
To install sane-frontends, use the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
--prefix=/usr : All software is going to be installed in directories relative to/usr.
See http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-supported-devices.html for a list of available backends.
scanimage : Command line interface for scanning.
xscanimage : Graphical user interface for scanning.
gimp-plugin : xscanimage as Gimp-plugin.