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6 sane-lexmark - SANE backend for Lexmark X1100/X1200 Series scanners
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9 The sane-lexmark library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
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11 AIOs. This backend should be considered beta-quality software!
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13 The scanners that should work with this backend are:
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17 Lexmark X74 good
18 Lexmark X1110 untested
19 Lexmark X1140 untested
20 Lexmark X1150 good
21 Lexmark X1170 good
22 Lexmark X1180 good
23 Lexmark X1185 complete
24 Lexmark X12xx good in USB1.1,
25 not fully tested in USB2.0
26 Dell A920 good
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28 The options the backend supports can either be selected through command
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35 Valid command line options and their syntax can be listed by using
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37 scanimage --help -d lexmark:usb:<usb port>
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43 --mode selects the basic mode of operation of the scanner valid choices
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67 requests a preview scan. The resolution used for that scan is 75
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88 /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-lexmark.a
89 The static library implementing this backend.
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91 /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-lexmark.so
92 The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
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111 ments what the scanner can support. For instance, shading correction
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114 compression isn't supported for the X1200 series on USB 1.1, leading to
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