From 1687222e1b9e74c89cafbb5910e72d8ec7bfd40f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Frings-F=C3=BCrst?= Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:59:49 +0200 Subject: New upstream version 1.0.28 --- doc/sane-find-scanner.man | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/sane-find-scanner.man') diff --git a/doc/sane-find-scanner.man b/doc/sane-find-scanner.man index da2d377..26c5258 100644 --- a/doc/sane-find-scanner.man +++ b/doc/sane-find-scanner.man @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ sane\-find\-scanner \- find SCSI and USB scanners and their device files .SH SYNOPSIS .B sane\-find\-scanner -.RB [ \-h | \-? ] +.RB [ \-? | \-h | \-\-help ] .RB [ \-v ] .RB [ \-q ] .RB [ \-p ] .RB [ \-f ] -.RB [ \-F +.RB [ \-F .IR filename ] .RI [ devname ] @@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ is a command-line tool to find SCSI and USB scanners and determine their Unix device files. Its primary aim is to make sure that scanners can be detected by SANE backends. .PP -For +For .B SCSI -scanners, it checks the default generic SCSI device files (e.g., +scanners, it checks the default generic SCSI device files (e.g., .IR /dev/sg0 ) -and +and .IR /dev/scanner . 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 +"processor"). So .B sane\-find\-scanner will find any SCSI scanner connected to those default device files even if it isn't supported by any SANE backend. @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ and are tested. The files are opened and the vendor and device ids are determined, if the operating system supports this feature. Currently USB scanners are only found this way if they are supported by the Linux scanner module or the -FreeBSD or OpenBSD uscanner driver. After that test, +FreeBSD or OpenBSD uscanner driver. After that test, .B sane\-find\-scanner tries to scan for USB devices found by the USB library libusb (if available). There is no special USB class for scanners, so the heuristics used to distinguish scanners from other USB devices is not -perfect. +perfect. .B sane\-find\-scanner also tries to find out the type of USB chip used in the scanner. If detected, it will be printed after the vendor and product ids. @@ -55,20 +55,20 @@ it will be printed after the vendor and product ids. will even find USB scanners, that are not supported by any SANE backend. .PP .B sane\-find\-scanner -won't find most +won't find most parallel port scanners, or scanners connected to proprietary ports. Some .B parallel port scanners may be detected by -.B sane\-find\-scanner -p. +.B sane\-find\-scanner -p. At the time of writing this will only detect Mustek parallel port scanners. .SH OPTIONS .TP 8 -.B \-h, \-? +.B \-?, \-h, \-\-help Prints a short usage message. .TP 8 .B \-v -Verbose output. If used once, +Verbose output. If used once, .B sane\-find\-scanner shows every device name and the test result. If used twice, SCSI inquiry information and the USB device descriptors are also printed. @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Probe parallel port scanners. .TP 8 .B \-f Force opening all explicitly given devices as SCSI and USB devices. That's -useful if +useful if .B sane\-find\-scanner is wrong in determining the device type. .TP 8 @@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ SCSI support is available on Irix, EMX, Linux, Next, AIX, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and HP-UX. .SH BUGS -No support for most parallel port scanners yet. +No support for most parallel port scanners yet. .br Detection of USB chipsets is limited to a few chipsets. - -- cgit v1.2.3