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+;
+; SANE Backend specification file for coolscan2
+;
+; It's basically emacs-lisp --- so ";" indicates comment to end of line.
+; All syntactic elements are keyword tokens, followed by a string or
+;  keyword argument, as specified.
+;
+; ":backend" *must* be specified.
+; All other information is optional (but what good is the file without it?).
+;
+
+:backend "coolscan2"
+:version "0.1.4"
+:status :beta
+; :manpage "sane-template"
+:url "http://coolscan2.sourceforge.net/"
+
+:devicetype :scanner
+:mfg "Nikon"
+:url "http://www.nikon.com/"
+
+:model "LS-30"
+:interface "SCSI"
+
+:model "LS-40 ED"
+:interface "USB"
+
+:model "LS-4000 ED"
+:interface "IEEE1394"
+:comment "untested -- feedback needed"
+
+:model "LS-8000 ED"
+:interface "IEEE1394"
+:comment "untested -- feedback needed"
+
+; :comment and :url specifiers are optional after :mfg, :model, :desc,
+;  and at the top-level.