[sane-devel] Proposal: Addition to SANE standard (vendor and scanner type strings)

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:27:07PM +0100, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
> this is a proposal for updating section 4.2.8 ("Device Descriptor
> Type") of the SANE starndard (see
> http://www.mostang.com/sane/html/doc011.html).

This is an updated list:

> The current list of type strings is:
> flatbed scanner
> frame grabber
> handheld scanner
> still camera
> video camera
> virtual device
> 
> I want to add (see discussion on sane-devel):
> 
> film scanner

sheetfed scanner

> The current list of vendor strings is:
> 
> AGFA
> Artec
> Connectix
> Epson
> Hewlett-Packard
> Kodak
> Logitech
> Microtek
> Minolta
> Mustek
> Noname
> UMAX
> 
> >From a grep through the sources I found the following additional
> vendor strings which I would like to add:
> 
> Abaton
> Apple
> CANON
> Fujitsu
> IBM
> NEC
> Plustek
> Polaroid
> Ricoh and RICOH (which one should be used?)
> Sharp and SHARP (which one should be used?)

--> Sharp

> Siemens
> Tamarack
> V4L (really a vendor? shouldn't this be Noname?)

Avision
Nikon

Bye,
  Henning