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| <!-- -*- Mode: markdown -*- -->
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| 
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| ## New with the next release
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| 
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| ### Documentation
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| 
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| - removes the SANE Standard.  This is now maintained as a separate
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|   project at https://gitlab.com/sane-project/standard.  HTML and PDF
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|   versions can be found at https://sane-project.gitlab.io/standard/.
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| 
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| ### Build
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| 
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| - removes the `--with-api-spec` option from `configure`
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| 
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| 
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| ## New with 1.0.29 (released 2020-02-02)
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| 
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| ### Backends
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| 
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| - adds an `escl` backend (theoretically supporting *all* AirPrint
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|   devices with a scan unit)
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| - adds support for 23 new scanner models via existing backends
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| - significantly changes `genesys` and `pixma` backends
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| - fixes bugs in `canon_dr`, `fujitsu`, `hp3900`, `mustek_usb2`,
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|   `plustek` and `xerox_mfp` backends
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| - fixes *all* compiler warnings on Debian 10 (#120)
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| - fixes portability issues for uClibc-ng and MacOS builds
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| - adds support to record and replay USB I/O traffic
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| - adds timestamps to debug logs
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| 
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| ### Frontends
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| 
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| - fixes a 32-bit arithmetic overflow issue in `scanimage`
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| 
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| ### Documentation
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| 
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| - updates translations for British English, Catalan, German,
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|   Ukrainian, Valencian
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| - adds `scangearmp2` external backend descriptions
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| - updates `hpaio` and `utsushi` external backend descriptions
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| - adds the `ChangeLogs/` directory to the source tarball (#103)
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| 
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| ### Build
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| 
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| - additionally requires `libcurl` and `libxml2` to build the `escl`
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|   backend
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| - requires `libxml2` for USB I/O recording and replay functionality
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| - re-enables pthread support for backends that use its API directly,
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|   irrespective of the `pthread_t` type (#153)
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| - moves the `genesys` and `pixma` backends to a directory of their own
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| 
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| 
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| ## New with 1.0.28 (released 2019-07-31)
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| 
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| ### Backends
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| 
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| - adds a `ricoh2` backend
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| - adds support for 40+ new scanner models
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| - significantly changes `canon_dr`, `fujitsu`, `genesys`, `gt68xx`,
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|   `hp5590` and, `pixma` backends
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| - fixes bugs in `as6e`, `avision`, `mustek` and `plustek` backends
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| - fixes scores of compiler warnings
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| 
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| ### Frontends
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| 
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| - adds, changes and removes options for `saned` (see `man 8 saned` for
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|   details)
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|   - adds: `-l` (listen), `-D` (daemonize), `-o` (once), `-e` (stderr),
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|     `-u` (user)
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|   - removes: `-s` (syslog).
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|     Use `-a -d level -o -f` for the old behavior
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|   - changes: `-d` (debug).
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|     Use `-a -d level -o -f -e` for the old behavior
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| - `saned` now cancels scans if the data connections appears to have
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|   gone away (after 4 seconds by default, configurable in `saned.conf`)
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| - adds `--output-file` option to `scanimage`
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| - adds `--help` option to `scan-find-scanner`
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| - changes `sane-desc` to create relative hyperlinks
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| 
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| ### Documentation
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| 
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| - adds translations for Catalan, Hebrew and Valencian
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| - updates translations for British English, Dutch, German and
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|   Ukrainian
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| - marks unmaintained backends as such
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| - documents USB workaround in `sane-usb` manual page
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| 
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| ### Build
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| 
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| - requires a C++11 compatible compiler for the `genesys` backend
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| - requires a JPEG library when building the `pixma` backend
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| - fixes unneeded linking when not using preloadable backend support
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| - disables pthread support for systems with non-integral `pthread_t`
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|   type
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| - fixes USB support detection on BeOS and OS/2 at `./configure` time
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| - normalizes trailing whitespace in source code files.  If you have
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|   local patches that no longer apply, have a look at the whitespace
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|   ignoring options of `patch` and `git apply`.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.27 (see Note 1), released 2017-05-22:
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| 
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| * Significant enhancements to canon_dr, epjitsu, epsonds, fujitsu,
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|   genesys, hp3500, pixma and xerox-mfp backends.
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| * Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends.
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| * 30+ new scanner models supported.
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| * Made libusb-1.0 the default for USB support (see Note 2).
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| * Switched code from C90 to C99 (Thanks to Volker Diels-Grabsch).
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| * Updated Linux USB3 workaround (see Note 3).
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| * Documentation and translation updates.
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| * Bugfixes (Avahi, threading, USB, ICC/PNG/JPEG, etc).
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| * Reduced compiler warnings, improved code (see Note 4).
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| 
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| Note 1: There is no 1.0.26 release of sane-backends. That number was
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| skipped so that our development version numbers would more clearly be
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| an extension of the prior release. This should make packaging a little
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| easier for our downstream users.
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| 
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| Note 2: On all systems, the --enable-libusb* flags are now ignored.
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| Instead, the --with-usb and --without-usb flags now control support.
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| When neither is given, USB support will be enabled if possible and
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| disabled otherwise.  If --with-usb is requested but not possible,
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| ./configure will fail.  There is no support to prefer libusb-0.1 over
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| libusb-1.0.  When libusb-1.0 is not found, libusb-0.1 will be tried.
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| 
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| Note 3: The Linux USB3 workaround which was added in version 1.0.25 is
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| now disabled by default. If you have difficulty using a scanner which
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| previously worked, or intermittent scanner availability, try setting
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| the new environment variable SANE_USB_WORKAROUND=1 before starting
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| your frontend.
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| 
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| Note 4: A special thanks goes to Olaf Meeuwissen for picking up the
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| janitorial duties in sane-backends. He has found and fixed a large
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| number of long-standing bugs, curated our bug tracker, improved our
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| build scripts and docs, and provided user support. Thank you Olaf!
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.25, released 2015-10-03:
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| 
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| * New backends: epsonds (Epson DS, PX and WF series),
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|   pieusb (PIE and Reflecta film/slide scanners).
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| * Support for JPG and PNG output format in scanimage.
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| * Significant enhancements to avision, canon_dr, epjitsu, fujitsu, genesys,
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|   kodakaio and pixma backends.
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| * Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends.
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| * 300 new scanner models supported.
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| * Workaround for USB3 problems in Linux kernel.
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| * Added code for IR functionality.
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| * Documentation and translation updates.
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| * Bugfixes (threading, networking, udev rules).
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.24, released 2013-09-30:
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| 
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| * Significant enhancements to pixma, genesys, kodakaio, fujitsu, canon_dr.
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| * Minor updates, bugfixes or scanners added in several backends.
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| * Added new testsuite
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| * 51 new scanner models supported.
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| * USB support improvements.
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| * Improved build system (mingw64, bug fixes, default pthread on Linux).
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.23, released 2012-08-19:
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| 
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| * New backends: kvs40xx (Panasonic KV-S40xx),
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|   kodakaio (Kodak AiO ESP and Hero)
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| * Significant enhancements to several backends.
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| * 30 new scanner models supported.
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| * V4L support improvements.
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| * Improvements for builds on multiple platforms.
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| * Improved udev rules.
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| * Updated software deskew algorithm.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.22, released 2011-02-13:
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| 
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| * New backends: kvs20xx (Panasonic KV-S20xx),
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|   magicolor (Konica-Minolta )
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| * Significant enhancements to several backends.
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| * More than 80 new scanner models supported.
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| * Support many more networked scanners.
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| * Added -A option to scanimage
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| * Improved build system.
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| * Improved USB support.
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| * Improved udev rules.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.21, released 2010-04-25:
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| 
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| * New backends: kodak (Kodak i18xx), kvs1025 (Panasonic KV-S10xx),
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|   p5 (Primax PagePartner)
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| * 224 more scanner models supported.
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| * Many backends updated.
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| * Improved compilation on uncommon platforms.
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| * More consistent option naming.
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| * Scanimage no longer writes image to tty.
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| * Modern translation infrastructure.
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| * Improved saned network daemon.
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| * Internal SCSI, USB, threading, TCP & UDP code updates.
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| * Updated HAL and udev support.
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| * New sanei_magic image processing library.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.20, released 2009-05-03:
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| 
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| * New backends: canon_dr (Canon DR-series), coolscan3 (Nikon LS & Coolscan),
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|   rts8891 (Umax & HP 44xx), xerox_mfp (Samsung/Xerox/Dell MFPs)
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| * Many backends updated.
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| * 75 more scanner models supported.
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| * New build system (thanks Chris and Olaf).
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| * Avahi support (thanks Julien).
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| * More network scanners supported
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| * Epson backend deprecated, use epson2
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| * Coolscan2 backend deprecated, use coolscan3
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| * Internal SCSI, USB, threading, TCP & UDP code updates.
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| * Updated HAL and udev support.
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| * Improved saned configuration.
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| * Scanimage updates.
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| * Updated translations.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.19, released 2008-02-10:
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| 
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| * New backends: cardscan (Corex Cardscan 800c), epjitsu (Epson-based Fujitsu),
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|   epson2 (various Epson scanners), hp3900 (HP ScanJet 3970 and more),
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|   hp5590 (HP ScanJet 5590 and more), hpljm1005 (HP LaserJet M1005 and more),
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|   hs2p (Ricoh IS400 series)
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| * Updated backends: abaton, agfafocus, apple, artec, artec_eplus48u, as6e,
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|   avision, canon, coolscan, coolscan2, dc25, dell1600n_net, dll, epson,
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|   fujitsu, genesys, gt68xx, hp3500, ibm, lexmark, microtek, microtek2, mustek,
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|   nec, net, pie, pint, pixma, plustek, plustek_pp, ricoh, s9036, sm3600,
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|   sm3840, snapscan, sp15c, st400, tamarack, teco2, test, u12, umax, umax1220u,
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|   umax_pp
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| * Scanimage detects more chipsets.
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| * Internal scsi, usb, tcp and udp code updates.
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| * Basic HAL .fdi creation support
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| * Build system updates.
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| * Updated translations.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.18, released 2006-07-02:
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| 
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| * New backends: dell1600n_net (Dell 1600n), hp3500 (HP ScanJet 3500 series),
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|   pixma (Canon Pixma series), stv680 (Aiptek Pencam and similar).
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| * Updated backends: avision, canon, dll, epson, fujitsu, genesys, gt68xx,
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|   microtek2, mustek_pp, niash, plustek, snapscan, sp15c, test, u12, umax1220u.
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| * Scanimage batch mode fixes.
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| * Scanner lists contain USB vendor/product ids and some statistics now.
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| * Udev/hotplug lists are generated autmatically from the .desc files now.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for DragonFlyBSD and HP/UX).
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| * Build system updates.
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| * Updated translations.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.17, released 2005-12-18:
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| 
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| * New backends: hp4200 (HP ScanJet 4200), lexmark (Lexmark X1100 series),
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|   mustek_usb2 (Mustek BearPaw 2448 TA Pro)
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| * Updated backends: artec_eplus48u, avision, canon, epson, fujitsu, genesys,
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|   gt68xx, microtek2, mustek_pp, plustek, plustek_pp, sm3600, snapscan, umax_pp.
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| * Hotplug/udev updates.
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| * scanimage fixes.
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| * sane-find-scanner finds more chipsets.
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| * Build system fixes/updates. make now calls makedepend.
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| * Several fixes in SANE internal functions (sanei).
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| * Portability fixes (especially for MacOSX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS/2).
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| * Updated translations.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.16, released 2005-08-07:
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| 
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| * New backends: genesys, sm3840
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| * Updated backends: avision, canon, coolscan, epson, gphoto2, gt68xx, mustek,
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|   mustek_pp, niash, plustek, plustek_pp, qcam, sm3600, snapscan, teco2,
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|   umax_pp, v4l.
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| * More functionality/fixes for sanei_usb and sanei_pp.
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| * Added sanei_access to allow locking of SANE devices.
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| * Hotplug updates.
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| * scanimage updates.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for OS/2, 64bit platforms, BeOS+ZETA).
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| * Added Polish translation. Updated other translations. Fixed format strings.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.15, released 2004-11-07:
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| 
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| * New backends: niash.
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| * Updated backends: agfafocus, artec_eplus48u.c, avision, canon, canon_pp,
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|   coolscan, dll, epson, fujitsu, gt68xx, hp, hp5400, leo, microtek2, mustek,
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|   mustek_pp, net, pie, plustek, plustek_pp, snapscan, sp15c, tamarack, teco2,
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|   umax, umax_pp, u12, v4l.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for MacOS X, NetBSD, OS/2, 64 bit platforms).
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| * sane-find-scanner detects more chipsets now.
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| * Added Finnish translation. Updated other translations.
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| * Several saned fixes.
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| * Build system updates.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.14, released 2004-05-01:
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| 
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| * New backends: u12
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| * Updated backends: artec, artec_eplus48u, as6e, avision, canon630u,
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|   canon_pp, epson, fujitsu, gphoto2, gt68xx, hp, matsushita, mustek,
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|   mustek_pp, mustek_usb, plustek, plustek_pp, sm3600, snapscan, teco1, teco2,
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|   u12, umax, umax_pp, v4l.
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| * Added scripts for USB hotplugging (Linux)
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| * Added Danish translation. Updated other translations.
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| * sane-find-scanner knows about more chipsets now.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for MacOS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and OS/2).
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| * Build system fixes.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.13, released 2003-11-22:
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| 
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| * New backends: mustek_pp_ccd (for Mustek parport CCD scanners),
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|   plustek_pp (for Plustek parport scanners, splitted from the plustek backend).
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| * Updated backends: avision, canon630u, coolscan, epson, fujitsu, gphoto2,
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|   gt68xx, hp, hp5400, mustek, mustek_pp, pie, plustek, snapscan, teco2, test,
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|   umax, umax_pp.
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| * New internal interface for parport scanners.
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| * Networking (IPv6 + subnet support) fixes + updates.
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| * sane-find-scanner can detect some USB scanner chipsets now.
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| * Better support for threading.
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| * Port to MS Windows (Cygwin).
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| * Portability fixes (especially for FreeBSD, MacOS X, OS/2).
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| * Build system improvements.
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| * Added new (Bulgarian, Czech and Italian) and updated existing translations.
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| * The level of support for scanners is now: unsupported, minimal, basic, good,
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|   complete or untested (instead of alpha, beta, stable).
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.12, released 2003-05-25:
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| 
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| * New backends: hp5400 (Hewlett Packard 54XX series), ibm (IBM 2456, Ricoh
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|   IS-410, IS-420, and IS-430), and ma1509 (Mustek BearPaw 1200F).
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| * Updated backends: apple, artec_eplus48u, as6e, avision, canon (FB1200S),
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|   canon630u, dc210, dc240, dll, epson, fujitsu (fi4220), gphoto2, gt68xx,
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|   hp, mustek, mustek_pp, mustek_usb, net, pie, plustek, snapscan (Agfa Arcus
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|   1200, Epson Perfection 660), teco2 (Relisys AVEC II S3, Relisys APOLLO
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|   Express 3 and Primax Jewel 4800), test, umax, umax_pp.
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| * Added IPv6 support for saned and net backend.
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| * Added SCSI support for MacOS X.
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| * Build system improvements.
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| * USB access improvements.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for Irix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Linux/m68k).
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| * Added new (nl, no) and updated existing translations.
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| * Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| New with 1.0.11, released 2003-02-09:
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| 
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| * Security fixes for saned.
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| 
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| 
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| New with 1.0.10, released 2003-02-01:
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| 
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| * New backends: artec_eplus48u (Artec E+ 48U, Tevion/Medion MD 9693, Medion
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|   MD 9705, Trust Easy Webscan 19200), gt68xx (Artec Ultima 2000, some Mustek
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|   BearPaws and other GT6801/GT6816 based scanners).
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| * Updated backends: avision, canon, coolscan2, canon_pp, dc210, dc240, dc25,
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|   dll, epson, gphoto2, hp, hpsj5s, microtek2, mustek, mustek_pp, plustek,
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|   sharp, snapscan, test, umax, umax_pp.
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| * Improved SCSI and USB handling.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for Linux/sparc64, MacOS X, OS/2, Tru64).
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| * New translation system. All backends have translations for the standard
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|   options now. Added translations for Portuguese, Russian and Swedish.
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| * Build system updates.
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| * Various documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| New with 1.0.9, released 2002-10-24:
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| 
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| * New backends: hpsj5s (Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5S parport scanner),
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|   teco2 (some Relisys/Primax SCSI flatbed scanners, models VM3575, VM6565,
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|   VM6586 and VM6575), teco3 (some Relisys/Piotech/Trust/Plustek SCSI
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|   flatbed scanners, model VM3552).
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| * Updated backends: avision, canon_pp, coolscan2, dc240, dc25, epson, fujitsu,
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|   hp, leo, microtek, mustek, mustek_usb, pie, plustek, snapscan, teco1, test,
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|   umax, umax_pp, v4l.
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| * sane-find-scanner finds more scanners and has more verbosity options now.
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| * New tool to create gamma tables (gamma4scanimage).
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| * Support for ICC profiles for scanimage.
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| * USB scanner should work on all systems supported by libusb now.
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| * Portability fixes (especially for big-endian sytems, Irix, OpenStep, OS/2,
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|   Solaris).
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| * New and updated translations for various backends.
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| * New system for generating lists of manufacturers/backends.
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| * Various documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| New with 1.0.8, released 2002-05-27:
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| 
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| * New backends: canon_pp (Canon parport scanners), canon630u (CanoScan 630u
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|   + 636u), coolscan2 (Nikon Coolscan LS-30, LS-40 ED, LS-4000 ED, and
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|   LS-8000 ED), fujitsu (M3091, M3093, M3096 and similar scanners),
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|   leo (Leo/Across FS-1130 scanner), matsushita (Panasonic KV-SS scanners),
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|   sceptre (Sceptre VividScan S1200), teco1 (some Teco/Relisys flatbed
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|   scanners), test (test frontends and SANE installation).
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| * Updated backends: avision, canon, dc240, dll, epson, gphoto2, mustek,
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|   mustek_pp, mustek_usb, nec, net, plustek, pnm, sharp, sm3600, snapscan, umax,
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|   umax_pp, v4l.
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| * New translations for several backends (de, es, fr).
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| * Networking supports hosts without working DNS now.
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| * SCSI system ignores USB files and doesn't block (Linux).
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| * New test frontend and backend for testing SANE.
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| * Several build system improvements (e.g., new libtool, better make distclean,
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|   build only shared libs by default).
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| * Portability fixes (especially for AIX, Linux (2.2, hppa, sparc), HP-UX,
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|   NetBSD, OPENSTEP, OS/2).
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| * Better documentation of internal functions (sanei).
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| * Various Documentation updates.
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| * Bugfixes.
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| 
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| 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 paralell
 | ||
|   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 authentification 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
 | ||
|      firware 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 stati ( 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 <opt> <val>")
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * 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
 | ||
|     (happend 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 <troc@netrus.net>)
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| 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
 | ||
|          uncomplete.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * 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 <dskoll@chipworks.com>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * Apple scanner backend
 | ||
|   Written by Milon Firikis <milonf@isosun.ariadne-t.gr>.  This backend
 | ||
|   supports AppleScanner and has preliminary support for OneScanner and
 | ||
|   ColorOneScanner.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * Nikon CoolScan backend
 | ||
|   Written by Didier Carlier <didier@sema.be>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * Apollo Domain/OS support
 | ||
|   Contributed by Paul Walker <paul@uugw.hifn.com>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| 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 <helmut.koeberle@bytec.de>.
 | ||
|   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 <hu@garfield.m.isar.de>, 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 <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl> of
 | ||
|   BitWizard.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * New backend for Siemens S9036 scanner.
 | ||
|   This backend was written by Ingo Schneider
 | ||
|   <schneidi@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * 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 <jsf@hevanet.com>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * 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
 | ||
| 	   sane-devel@mostang.com.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * 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 <kaz@hypercore.co.jp>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * OS/2 Support
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| Thanks to Jeff Freedman <jsf@hevanet.com> SANE now supports OS/2.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * New backend for Microtek scanners
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| Thanks to the excellent work of Matthew Marjanovic <maddog@mir.com>,
 | ||
| the Microtek is now taking shape.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * Irix SCSI support
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| Thanks to the work of Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com>, 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 <nogaya@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp> and
 | ||
|   Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> 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
 | ||
|   <orauch@physik.uni-osnabrueck.de> and Michael K. Johnson
 | ||
|   <johnsonm@redhat.com>.
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| * 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 <johnsonm@redhat.com> 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 <be> is set by environment variable SANE_DEBUG_<be>.  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
 |