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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to sane</title>
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<screen>Download location (HTTP): <ulink url="&sane-download-http;"/>
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Download location (FTP): <ulink url="&sane-be-download-ftp;"/>
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<ulink url="&sane-fe-download-ftp;"/>
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Version used: &sane-version;
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Package size: &sane-be-size; (Backends), &sane-fe-size; (Frontends)
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Estimated Disk space required: &sane-be-buildsize; (Backends), &sane-fe-buildsize; (Frontends)</screen>
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<para>SANE is short for Scanner Access Now Easy. Alas, scanner access is
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not really easy, since every vendor has own protocols. The only known
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protocol that should bring some unity into this chaos is the TWAIN interface,
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but this is too unprecise to allow a stable scanning framework. Therefore,
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SANE comes with its own protocol, so the vendor drivers can't be used.</para>
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<para>SANE is split into backends and frontends. The backends are drivers
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for the supported scanners. The frontends are user interfaces to access the
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backends.</para>
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<screen>SANE will utilize:
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<xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref linkend="GTK"/> and <xref linkend="gimp"/></screen>
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</sect2>
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