README for xsane for win32:


This is a win32 of xsane. It may have some bugs.

This version supports:
 - preview scan, preview zoom
 - scan and save to pnm, ps and raw file, if compiled in also jpeg, png and tiff
 - handling of all backend options
 - helpfiles
 - copy mode (printing via ghostscript, see section "copy mode")
 - gimp-plugin (if compiled in)


It does not support:
 - fax mode (no compatible faxsoftware)


Installation:
=============
 - unpack the archiv to c:\
   that creates the directory c:\Sane with several files
   you do not need to copy any files, simply call c:\sane\bin\xsane or
   c:\sane\bin\scanimage
 
 - Sane MUST BE installed in c:\sane because the paths are hardcoded.
   Xsane will not work correct if you install it at any other place!

 - make sure you have a directory c:\temp (or whatever you
   define as temporary directory in xsane's setup)

 - there are three icons (xsane.ico, xsane-32x32.ico and xsane-48x48.ico)
   in c:\sane\bin that you can use if you set a link from xsane.exe to
   your desktop, for that use right mouse button and change properties
   of the link, change icon and select "c:\sane\bin\xsane-??x??.ico"


Configuration:
==============
 edit c:\Sane\etc\sane.d\net.conf
 and enter a list of NetBEUI names or of IP-addresses
 of machines you want to connect to. On some Windows
 system IP-addresses are not accepted; if you experience
 any problems try the NetBUI names.

  example for net.conf:
    myhost1
    myhost2.mydomain.com
    192.168.0.1
    192.169.1.73

 you also can start xsane with net:host:backend:device given as command line option:
 	xsane net:192.168.0.1:umax:/dev/scanner
 or
	xsane net:myhost:umax:/dev/scanner


Localisation:
=============
 You have to set the environment variable LANG to the language
 you want to select, for e.g. german this looks like this:
  set LANG=de
  xsane
 It is a good idea to do this in a script that is started at system boot,
 e.g. in autoexec.bat


Copy-Mode:
===========
 If you want to use copy mode, you need ghostscript for win32.
 You can download it e.g. from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
 Enter Setup/Copy options:
 enter as Command:
	c:/gs/gs6.50/bin/gswin32c -sDEVICE=mswinpr2 -dNOPAUSE -
 Pay attention: you have to use "/", donīt use "\".
 With sDEVICE=mswinpr2 you select the Printer Dialog of Windows.

 You also can enter DEVICE-name of your printer (e.g. laserjet).
 To get a list of available device names open a dos box,
 and call c:\gs\gs6.50\bin\gswin32c -h


Gimp-Plugin:
===========
 (Does only work when xsane.exe is compiled as gimp plugin)
 If you want to use xsane as gimp plugin,
 copy xsane.exe and *.dll to the GIMPīs plug-ins driectory
 (e.g. c:\Program Files\GIMP\plug-ins)


Support:
========
 There is no special support for xsane for win32.
 I develop xsane on a linux machine and will make a binary version
 for win32 from time to time.


Licence:
========
 * xsane and  xsane for win32 stand under the terms of
   the GNU general public licence (GPL).
   You can find the sourcecode for xsane at:
   http://www.xsane.org

 * The gtk-libraries that come with xsane also do stand under the terms of the
   GNU general public licence - GPL (gdk, gtk, glib, gnu-intl, gmodule)

 * cygwin1.dll stands under the term of the GNU general public licence - GPL

 * The sourcecode of xsane can be found at http://www.xsane.org

 * The sourcecode of sane can be found at http://www.sane-project.org

 * For any information about cygwin take a look at http://cygwin.com

 * For any information about gtk/gdk for win32 take a look at
   http://www.gtk.org or http://www.gimp.org/win32/


Compile it yourself:
====================
 * There is an instruction in the file xsane.WIN32-compilation


Contact:
========
 You can contact me via email: Oliver.Rauch@rauch-domain.de
 bugreports, bugfixes and feature requests (that are not
 already listed) are welcome. Please don`t ask for help/support
 for xsane-win32, I do not have the time to give support for it,
 I want to use my free time to work on the code - please understand
 that.

Oliver Rauch