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to put all slides into one orientation first !
.SH "DIRT REMOVAL"
-If available, pieusb supports infrared scans for dirt detection and
+If available,
+.B sane\-pieusb
+supports infrared scans for dirt detection and
removal. This must be enabled via the 'Clean image' setting.
.SH "KNOWN PROBLEMS"
-The pieusb backend supports dirt removal based on infrared scan
+The
+.B sane\-pieusb
+backend supports dirt removal based on infrared scan
information. Since SANE does not provide post-processing in the
-backend, pieusb does the scanning and dirt removal during the setup
+backend,
+.B sane\-pieusb
+does the scanning and dirt removal during the setup
phase. The 'scan' phase is only used to transfer the completed image.
-Therefore pieusb does not multi-thread making a typical frontend
+Therefore
+.B sane\-pieusb
+does not multi-thread making a typical frontend
appear as 'blocked'. Also cancel requests are only honored between
scans.
@@ -99,12 +107,13 @@ support dynamic loading).
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
-sane(7)
+.BR sane (7)
.SH "CONTACT AND BUG-REPORTS"
Please send any information and bug-reports to:
.br
-.B Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf@suse.com>
+Klaus Kämpf
+.RI < kkaempf@suse.com >
.SH AUTHORS
The pieusb backend is based on work by Jan Vleeshouwers, Michael