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diff --git a/doc/sane-u12.man b/doc/sane-u12.man index 680ce0c..a09ae91 100644 --- a/doc/sane-u12.man +++ b/doc/sane-u12.man @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ provides access to USB flatbed scanners based on Plusteks' ASIC bridge chip. .SH "SUPPORTED DEVICES" -The backend is able to support some early Plustek USB scanner based +The backend is able to support some early Plustek USB scanners that based their old parport design around the ASIC 98003 and other rebadged Plustek devices. The following tables will give you a short overview. @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ ColorPage HR6 V1 0x0458 0x2004 To use your scanner with this backend, you need at least two entries in the configuration file .I @CONFIGDIR@/u12.conf + .RS .I [usb] vendor-id product-id .br @@ -91,16 +92,17 @@ lamps off, 0 --> do not change lamp status .RE .PP -See the u12.conf file for examples. +See the +.I u12.conf +file for examples. .PP .B Note: -.br You have to make sure, that the USB subsystem is loaded correctly and you have access to the device-node. For more details see -.B sane\-usb (5) +.BR sane\-usb (5) manpage. You might use -.B sane\-find\-scanner +.BR sane\-find\-scanner (1) to check that you have access to your device. .PP .B Note: @@ -128,13 +130,19 @@ contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the configuration file is searched in two default directories: first, the current working -directory (".") and then in @CONFIGDIR@. If the value of the +directory (".") and then in +.IR @CONFIGDIR@ . +If the value of the environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then the default directories are searched after the explicitly specified directories. For example, setting .B SANE_CONFIG_DIR -to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and -"@CONFIGDIR@" being searched (in this order). +to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories +.IR tmp/config , +.IR . , +and +.I @CONFIGDIR@ +being searched (in this order). .TP .B SANE_DEBUG_U12 If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this @@ -148,6 +156,9 @@ export SANE_DEBUG_U12=10 .BR sane (7), .BR sane\-usb (5), .BR sane\-plustek (5), +.BR sane\-find\-scanner (1), +.BR xscanimage (1), +.BR scanimage (1) .br .I @DOCDIR@/u12/U12.changes @@ -160,14 +171,17 @@ Additional info and hints can be obtained from our .br Mailing-List archive at: .br -.B http://www.sane\-project.org/mailing\-lists.html +.I http://www.sane\-project.org/mailing\-lists.html .PP To obtain debug messages from the backend, please set the environment-variable -.I SANE_DEBUG_U12 -before calling your favorite scan-frontend (i.e. xscanimage). +.B SANE_DEBUG_U12 +before calling your favorite scan-frontend (i.e. +.BR xscanimage (1)), +i.e.: + .br -.B i.e.: export SANE_DEBUG_U12=20 ; xscanimage +.I export SANE_DEBUG_U12=20 ; xscanimage .PP The value controls the verbosity of the backend. |