1 # epkowa.conf -- sample configuration for the EPKOWA SANE backend
2 # Copyright (C) 2004 Olaf Meeuwissen
4 # See sane-epkowa(5), sane-scsi(5) and sane-usb(5) for details.
6 # SCSI scanners can be configured simply by listing the path to the
7 # device. For example, if your system claims to have a /dev/scanner
8 # SCSI device, all you have to do is uncomment the following line:
12 # In the interest of maintainability, most installations would have
13 # /dev/scanner sym-linked to the real SCSI scanner device node.
15 # An alternative way that works for many operating systems and is a
16 # little bit more generic, is to have the backend probe for your SCSI
17 # scanner with the following configuration command:
21 # On systems with libusb, the following line is sufficient to get the
22 # backend to recognise your USB scanners. It presumes, however, that
23 # the scanner---more precisely, it's USB product ID---is known to the
25 # For all USB scanners that are officially supported by this backend,
26 # this presumption is true. A list of such scanners can be found in
31 # For any USB scanner not known to the backend (yet), you may, at your
32 # own peril(!!), force the backend to recognise and use it via libusb.
33 # You can do so by the following configuration command:
35 # usb <USB vendor ID> <USB product ID>
37 # SEIKO EPSON's USB vendor ID is '0x04b8' (without quotes). In order
38 # to find the USB product ID, use lsusb(1) or, on Linux systems, peek
39 # at the information in /proc/bus/usb/devices.
40 # A sample configuration for the Perfection 1650 (GT-8200), which has
41 # a product ID of 0x0110, would look as follows:
45 # When not accessing your USB scanner via libusb, you may need to use
46 # one of the configuration commands below or commands that are almost
47 # the same. These commands typically access the scanner via a kernel
50 #usb /dev/usb/scanner0
54 # Linux had a scanner module until version 2.6.2. As of version 2.6.3
55 # libusb is your only option. Linux' scanner module can be loaded via
56 # the modprobe(8) command like so:
58 # modprobe scanner vendor=<USB vendor ID> product=<USB product ID>
60 # If the scanner module already knows the vendor and product IDs, you
61 # do not have to specify them. If you want to have this done automa-
62 # tically every time you boot, you can add the above line, except for
63 # the modprobe command itself, to your /etc/modules file.
65 # Although not tested with this backend, parallel port scanners should
66 # be usable. You can configure them as shown below, but I do not know
67 # much about the details. Information is welcome.