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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 "(CVS)"
-:status :alpha
-; :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"
-:interface "USB"
-; :model "LS-4000"
-; :interface "IEEE1394"
-
-; :comment and :url specifiers are optional after :mfg, :model, :desc,
-;  and at the top-level.