[sane-devel] The USB URI for a Lexmark CX-417de

Brian Potkin claremont102 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 10 18:02:37 BST 2019


On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 13:16, Olaf Meeuwissen <paddy-hack at member.fsf.org> wrote:

> Whether it's in issue I cannot answer, but I can tell you that backends
> are free to use whatever suits their fancy after the `$backend:` bit.  I
> seem to remember having seen `$backend:usb:$VID:$PID` where the $VID and
> $PID refer to USB vendor and product IDs, respectively.
>
> The part after the `$backend:` bit is processed by the backend itself,
> so really anything goes.
>
> Hope this helps,

Indeed it does, Olaf. It gave me the confidence to tackle the user's
issue and aid in  bringing about a successful conclusion. Much
appreciated.

-- 
Brian.



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