sane-find-scanner  -  find  SCSI scanners and their device
       files


SYNOPSIS

       sane-find-scanner [-h|-?]  [-v] [devname]


DESCRIPTION

       sane-find-scanner is a  command-line  tool  to  find  SCSI
       scanners  and determine their Unix device files. It's part
       of  the  sane-backends  package.  It  checks  the  default
       generic  SCSI  devices,  e.g.  /dev/sg?  for  Linux.  Also
       /dev/scanner is checked. The test is  done  by  sending  a
       SCSI  inquiry  command  and  looking  for a device type of
       "scanner" or "processor" (some old  HP  scanners  seem  to
       send "processor"). So sane-find-scanner will find any SCSI
       scanner even if it isn't supported by any SANE backend. It
       won't find parallel port, USB, or other non-SCSI scanners.


OPTIONS

       -h, -?  Prints a short usage message.

       -v      Verbose output. Show every  device  name  and  the
               test result.

       devname Test  device  file "devname". No other devices are
               checked if devname is given.


EXAMPLE

       sane-find-scanner -v
       Check all SCSI devices for available scanners and print  a
       line for every device file.

       sane-find-scanner /dev/scanner
       Look  for  a  scanner (only) at /dev/scanner and print the
       result.


SEE ALSO

       sane(7),   sane-scsi(5),   scanimage(1),    xscanimage(1),
       xsane(1), sane-"backendname"(5)


AUTHOR

       Oliver  Rauch  and  others.  Manual page by Henning Meier-
       Geinitz.


BUGS

       No support for non-SCSI scanners yet.


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