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6 sane-ma1509 - SANE backend for Mustek BearPaw 1200F USB scanner
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9 The sane-ma1509 library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
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11 scanner. This scanner is based on the MA-1509 chipset. Other scanners
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14 This backend is ALPHA software. Be careful and remove the power plug
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17 More details can be found on the ma1509 backend homepage
18 http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/ma1509-backend/.
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20 Other Mustek USB scanners are supported by the gt68xx, mustek_usb and
21 the plustek backends. See sane-mustek_usb(5), sane-gt68xx(5) and
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24 This backend can only work with scanners that are already detected by
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27 If you own a scanner other than the Mustek BearPaw 1200F that works
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43 The contents of the ma1509.conf file is a list of options and device
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48 usb vendor_id product_id statements which are already included into
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50 all systems that support libsub. "vendor_id" and "product_id" are hexa‐
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59 /etc/sane.d/ma1509.conf
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63 /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-ma1509.a
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76 uration file is searched in two default directories: first, the
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103 Transparency adapter and automatic document feeder is not supported yet
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111 13 Jul 2008 sane-ma1509(5)