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Backend:

Name of the backend.
The link (if present) points to more extensive and detailed information, if it exists, or the email address of the author or maintainer.

Version:

Version of backend/driver; newer versions may be available from their home sites.

Manufacturer:

Manufacturer, vendor or brand name of the device.

Model:

Name of the the device.

Interface:

How the device is connected to the computer.

USB id:

The USB vendor/product IDs (if applicable)

Status:

Indicates how many of the features the device provides are supported by SANE.

• NEW! means brand-new to the current release of SANE.
• UNMAINTAINED means that nobody maintains that backend. Expect no new features or newly supported devices. You are welcome to take over maintainership.
• unsupported means the device is not supported at least by this backend. It may be supported by other backends, however.
• untested means the device may be supported but couldn't be tested. Be very careful and report success/failure.
• minimal means that the device is detected and scans at least in one mode. But the quality is bad or important features won't work.
• basic means it works at least in the most important modes but quality is not perfect.
• good means the device is usable for day-to-day work. Some rather exotic features may be missing.
• complete means the backends supports everything the device can do.

Comment:

More information about the backend or model, e.g. the level of support and possible problems.

Manual Page:

A link to the man-page online, if it exists.