SANE

Bugfixes were made concerning the microtek2, mustek, mustek_usb, plustek, snapscan, and umax_pp backends. The documentation was updated in some parts.

A new umax1220u backend (for UMAX Astra 1220U and 2000U scanners), updates to a bunch of backends (dc240, gphoto2, umax_pp, epson, mustek, mustek_usb, sharp, snapscan, st400, dll, dc25, plustek, umax, pnm, avision, and microtek2), support for translating backend options, support for USB control messages and lm983x/pv6830 chipsets, better documentation of internal functions (sanei), and several security issues with temporary files and in the networking code.

New backends for gphoto2-supported cameras and some Mustek USB scanners, updates to several backends (including dc240, epson, hp, m3096g, microtek2, mustek, net, pie, pnm, snapscan, umax, and umax_pp), generic USB support, better HP/UX compatibility, documentation updates, and bugfixes.

New backends are included for Bell+Howell Copiscan II series scanners, the Kodak DC240 digital camera, the Microtrek ScanMaker 3600, and Umax parallel port scanners. Several backends have been updated including artec (v0.5.16), dc25 (v1.2), dll (v1.0.3), epson (v0.2.08), hp (v0.94), microtek (v0.12.3), microtek2(v0.9), mustek (v1.0-107), nec (v0.12), net (v1.0.3), plustek (v0.39), pnm (v1.0.1), snapscan (v1.2), tamarack (v0.5), and umax (v1.0-28). Other changes including updated SCSI handling for Linux 2.4 and several other operating systems, some more documentation, and a few security fixes and general bugfixes.

This is a development snapshot for the upcoming release of SANE 1.0.4. New backends include as6e, nec, and pie, and updates were made for the avision, epson, hp, mustek, mustek_pp, plustek, sharp, and umax backends. Authentication with encrypted passwords has been added, installation of shared libraries on AIX is supported, and there is better debug output on platforms not supporting vararg macros. Documentation about SANE devicenames has also been improved.