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NAME="INTRO"
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>1. Introduction</H1
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>This document was written to assist the Linux user in setting up a raster image scanner device, including flatbed, hand-held, video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers and so on.
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It does not address how to use the available software tools to achieve a particular photographic result or to utilize your scanner device's features to the fullest extent.
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For that information please consult the application home pages referenced in the text and the manufacturer's information that accompanied your hardware.</P
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>Finally, this document does not answer the question <SPAN
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>"What type of scanner should I buy?"</SPAN
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The answer varies depending on what you are looking for in a scanner device.
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I suggest looking at the supported hardware list link in <A
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HREF="interfaces.html"
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>Section 2</A
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> and also <A
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HREF="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/SANE-faq.html#buying"
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TARGET="_top"
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>this link</A
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> within the SANE-project FAQ.</P
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NAME="COPYRIGHT"
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>1.1. Copyright Information</H2
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>This document is Copyright 2004 Howard Shane.</P
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>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license can be found in <A
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>Section 8</A
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>1.2. Disclaimer</H2
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> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
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Use the concepts, examples and other content entirely at your own risk.
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As this is a new edition, there may be technical or other inaccuracies that may result in system failure, destruction of your hardware and the loss of your irreplaceable data.
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Proceed with caution and be aware that although errors are unlikely, the author can nonetheless accept no responsibility whatsoever for them. </P
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> All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners, unless specifically noted otherwise.
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Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. </P
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>Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.</P
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>1.3. New Versions</H2
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>This is the initial release.</P
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>The latest version of this document can be found <A
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HREF="http://www.hshanemd.net/docs/HOWTOS/Scanner/"
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> here</A
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>.</P
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>1.4. Credits</H2
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>I would like to thank Oliver Rauch, Henning Meier-Geinitz, Jonathan Buzzard, Laurent-jan, Jochen Eisinger and others who participate in SANE development and/or contribute to the SANE-devel mailing list, without whose input this project would have been difficult if not impossible to perform with any measure of quality-control. I would also like to thank the many individuals who have taken the time to email me new information and corrections.</P
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>Also I would like to thank Marla for graciously tolerating all the time I've spent banging on the keyboard working on projects such as this.
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You're the greatest.</P
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>1.5. Feedback</H2
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>Please send any additions or comments pertaining to this document to the following email address : <TT
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>hshane[AT]austin.rr.com</A
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As this is the first release I am particularly interested in any errata, so don't hesitate to contact me if you know of something I have wrong or needing updating.
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Also let me know if you know of any shortcuts, tools or bits of information that may help hapless users that you think should be included.
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I apologize in advance, but I cannot answer any technical questions or <SPAN
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>"plz help me"</SPAN
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> pleas regarding scanners; any sent my way will be forwarded to <TT
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>/dev/null</TT
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>; for sources of assistance including live help see <A
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>Section 7.5</A
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> instead, but only after reading the relevant sections of this document in their entirety.
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I am neither an expert on scanners nor do I have every model of scanner ever manufactured available for testing.
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My only contribution to scanner support within Linux is the compiling of my own limited experience with the exhaustive input of others to produce a succinct but (hopefully) straightforward HOWTO. </P
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>1.6. Conventions Used in this Document</H2
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>The following conventions are used in this document and are outlined here for those who may not yet have a complete understanding of how to access and control the underlying operating system in Linux, which is almost always via the Bash shell.</P
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>First, filenames are referenced in a paragraph like so: <TT
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>/path/file</TT
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>Commands in Linux are executed (or 'called') at the command prompt, otherwise known as the 'command line.'
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If you are in the non-graphical (text-based) environment you will usually be presented the Bash shell prompt which is a dollar sign: <TABLE
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>...if you have logged in as root or have acquired root, or 'superuser' privileges.
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You can also access the Bash shell in the X window system, otherwise known as X or X11, with an <A
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>xterm</A
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Commands to be performed at the Bash prompt, but referenced in a paragraph of this document, usually look like this: <B
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>do this now</B
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> Commands and/or the resulting output of commands may also be outlined with screen output in their own paragraph or heading:</P
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>$ date
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Sun Jul 27 22:37:11 CDT 2003</PRE
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