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Backend Version Supported Devices Manual Page
Manufacturer Model Interface USB id Status Comment
Backends included in the current tarball - see SANE Distribution
gt68xx 1.0-84 Mustek BearPaw 2400 CU USB 0x05d8/0x4002 basic Works, but is slow sane-gt68xx
BearPaw 2448 CS Plus USB 0x055f/0x021a basic Slow. Same as 2448 TA Plus, but without TA.
BearPaw 2448 TA Plus USB 0x055f/0x021a basic Slow. Transparency adapter supported. Slow. Brightness depends on resolution?
ScanExpress A3 USB USB 0x055f/0x0210 basic Still some vertical stripes.
ScanExpress 1248 UB USB 0x055f/0x021f complete  
BearPaw 1200 CS USB 0x055f/0x021e good  
BearPaw 1200 CU USB 0x05d8/0x4002 good  
BearPaw 1200 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x021b good  
BearPaw 1200 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x021c good  
BearPaw 1200 TA USB 0x055f/0x021e good Transparency adapter supported
BearPaw 1248 CU USB 0x055f/0x021c good Seems to use the same ids as BearPaw 1200 CU Plus.
BearPaw 2400 CS Plus USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Works, problems with 12/16 bit modes?
BearPaw 2400 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x021d good  
BearPaw 2400 TA USB 0x055f/0x0218 good Transparency adapter supported
BearPaw 2400 TA Plus USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Transparency adapter supported
Plug-n-Scan 2400 MT USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Works but is slow in high resolutions. Same as BearPaw 2400 TA Plus.
Plug-n-Scan 2400 M USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Works but is slow in high resolutions. Same as BearPaw 2400 CS Plus.
ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus USB 0x05d8/0x4002 good  
ScanMagic 1200 UB Plus USB 0x05d8/0x4002 good Same as ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus
ScanExpress 2400 USB USB 0x05d8/0x4002 minimal Should be detected but may need some more work in the code. Testers welcome. Please contact me if you own this scanner.
BearPaw 2400 CS USB 0x055f/0x0218 untested Probably works, reports are welcome
ma1509 1.0-3 Mustek BearPaw 1200 F USB 0x055f/0x0010 good Works upto 600 dpi. No support for TA and ADF yet. sane-ma1509
mustek 1.0-138 Mustek Paragon 600 II EP Parport   minimal Works, however only low resolutions and quality in color mode is bad. sane-mustek
Paragon 600 II ED Parport   untested Completely untested. If it's the same as the 600 II EP, it may work. Please contact me if you own such a device.
Paragon 600 II N Proprietary   basic Resolutions above 300 dpi may cause trouble.
ScanExpress A3 SP SCSI   basic Please test!
Paragon MFC-600S SCSI   complete  
Paragon 600 II CD SCSI   complete  
ScanMagic 600 II SP SCSI   complete  
TwainScan II SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFC-800S SCSI   complete  
Paragon 800 II SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-6000SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-8000SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-1200SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-12000SP SCSI   complete  
ScanExpress 6000SP SCSI   complete  
ScanExpress 12000SP SCSI   complete  
ScanExpress 12000SP Plus SCSI   complete  
Paragon 1200 III SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon 1200 LS SCSI   complete  
ScanMagic 9636S SCSI   complete  
ScanMagic 9636S Plus SCSI   complete  
Paragon 1200 A3 Pro SCSI   complete ADF and TA untested. Please contact me if you own such equipment.
Paragon MFS-6000CX SCSI   good 3-pass
Paragon MFS-12000CX SCSI   good 3-pass
Paragon 1200 SP Pro SCSI   good  
ScanExpress 1200 FS SCSI   untested One report that it crashes the computer. SCSI driver issue? Please contact me if you own such a device.
mustek_pp 13 Mustek ScanExpress 6000 P Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner sane-mustek_pp
ScanExpress 600 SEP Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner
ScanMagic 4800 P Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner
600 III EP Plus Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner
96 CP Parport (EPP)   good 300x600 dpi CIS scanner
ScanExpress 600 CP Parport (EPP)   good 300x600 dpi CIS scanner
ScanMagic 600 CP Parport (EPP)   good 300x600 dpi CIS scanner
ScanExpress 1200 CP Parport (EPP)   good 600x1200 dpi CIS scanner
ScanExpress 1200 CP+ Parport (EPP)   good 600x1200 dpi CIS scanner
mustek_usb 1.0-18 Mustek ScanExpress 600 CU USB 0x055f/0x0002 complete   sane-mustek_usb
ScanExpress 1200 CU USB 0x055f/0x0001 complete  
ScanExpress 1200 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x0008 complete  
ScanExpress 1200 UB USB 0x055f/0x0006 complete For the UB Plus, see gt68xx backend
mustek_usb2 1.0-10 Mustek BearPaw 2448TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x0409 good   sane-mustek_usb2
plustek 0.52 Mustek BearPaw 1200 USB 0x0400/0x1000 complete both product versions are supported, see backends' man-page sane-plustek
BearPaw 1200 USB 0x0400/0x1001 complete both product versions are supported, see backends' man-page
BearPaw 2400 USB 0x0400/0x1001 complete  
teco2 1.0-9 Mustek ScanMagic 4830S SCSI   untested sub model VM3575 sane-teco2
unsupported 2008-01-18 Mustek 1200 III EP Parport   unsupported Probably not supported. quarlewm at jmu dot edu offers to temporarily loan such a scanner to anyone who is interested in writing a driver.  
Paragon 800 II EP Parport   unsupported Not supported. Maybe similar to 600 II EP (SCSI_over-parport)? In this case it could be supported by the mustek SCSI backend.
ScanExpress 12000 P Parport   unsupported Not supported. Asic 1505/05.
ScanExpress A3 EP Parport   unsupported Not supported. Maybe it will be supported by the mustek_pp backend in future.
ScanMagic 9636P Parport   unsupported Probably not supported. Same as Mustek 12000 P?. ASIC 1505.
2400 M USB   unsupported Probably unsupported. No details known.
BearPaw 2400 TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x0400 unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
BearPaw 2448 CU Pro USB 0x055f/0x0408 unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
BearPaw 4800 TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x1000 unsupported Not supported. See link for some information.
BearPaw 4800 TA Pro II USB 0x055f/0x040a unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
BearPaw 6400 TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x040b unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
ScanExpress 600 USB USB 0x055f/0x0873 unsupported Unsupported. Programming information is available.
ScanExpress 1200 USB USB 0x055f/0x0003 unsupported Unsupported. Programming information is available.
ScanExpress 1200 USB Plus USB 0x055f/0x0007 unsupported Unsupported.
ScanExpress CardSmart USB   unsupported Probably unsupported. USB business card scanner. Maybe works as USB storage device?
Backends included in the development repository - see SANE git Access
gt68xx 1.0-84 Mustek BearPaw 2400 CU USB 0x05d8/0x4002 basic Works, but is slow sane-gt68xx
BearPaw 2448 CS Plus USB 0x055f/0x021a basic Slow. Same as 2448 TA Plus, but without TA.
BearPaw 2448 TA Plus USB 0x055f/0x021a basic Slow. Transparency adapter supported. Slow. Brightness depends on resolution?
ScanExpress A3 USB USB 0x055f/0x0210 basic Still some vertical stripes.
ScanExpress 1248 UB USB 0x055f/0x021f complete  
BearPaw 1200 CS USB 0x055f/0x021e good  
BearPaw 1200 CU USB 0x05d8/0x4002 good  
BearPaw 1200 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x021b good  
BearPaw 1200 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x021c good  
BearPaw 1200 TA USB 0x055f/0x021e good Transparency adapter supported
BearPaw 1248 CU USB 0x055f/0x021c good Seems to use the same ids as BearPaw 1200 CU Plus.
BearPaw 2400 CS Plus USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Works, problems with 12/16 bit modes?
BearPaw 2400 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x021d good  
BearPaw 2400 TA USB 0x055f/0x0218 good Transparency adapter supported
BearPaw 2400 TA Plus USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Transparency adapter supported
Plug-n-Scan 2400 MT USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Works but is slow in high resolutions. Same as BearPaw 2400 TA Plus.
Plug-n-Scan 2400 M USB 0x055f/0x0219 good Works but is slow in high resolutions. Same as BearPaw 2400 CS Plus.
ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus USB 0x05d8/0x4002 good  
ScanMagic 1200 UB Plus USB 0x05d8/0x4002 good Same as ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus
ScanExpress 2400 USB USB 0x05d8/0x4002 minimal Should be detected but may need some more work in the code. Testers welcome. Please contact me if you own this scanner.
BearPaw 2400 CS USB 0x055f/0x0218 untested Probably works, reports are welcome
ma1509 1.0-3 Mustek BearPaw 1200 F USB 0x055f/0x0010 good Works upto 600 dpi. No support for TA and ADF yet. sane-ma1509
mustek 1.0-138 Mustek Paragon 600 II EP Parport   minimal Works, however only low resolutions and quality in color mode is bad. sane-mustek
Paragon 600 II ED Parport   untested Completely untested. If it's the same as the 600 II EP, it may work. Please contact me if you own such a device.
Paragon 600 II N Proprietary   basic Resolutions above 300 dpi may cause trouble.
ScanExpress A3 SP SCSI   basic Please test!
Paragon MFC-600S SCSI   complete  
Paragon 600 II CD SCSI   complete  
ScanMagic 600 II SP SCSI   complete  
TwainScan II SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFC-800S SCSI   complete  
Paragon 800 II SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-6000SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-8000SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-1200SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon MFS-12000SP SCSI   complete  
ScanExpress 6000SP SCSI   complete  
ScanExpress 12000SP SCSI   complete  
ScanExpress 12000SP Plus SCSI   complete  
Paragon 1200 III SP SCSI   complete  
Paragon 1200 LS SCSI   complete  
ScanMagic 9636S SCSI   complete  
ScanMagic 9636S Plus SCSI   complete  
Paragon 1200 A3 Pro SCSI   complete ADF and TA untested. Please contact me if you own such equipment.
Paragon MFS-6000CX SCSI   good 3-pass
Paragon MFS-12000CX SCSI   good 3-pass
Paragon 1200 SP Pro SCSI   good  
ScanExpress 1200 FS SCSI   untested One report that it crashes the computer. SCSI driver issue? Please contact me if you own such a device.
mustek_pp 13 Mustek ScanExpress 6000 P Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner sane-mustek_pp
ScanExpress 600 SEP Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner
ScanMagic 4800 P Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner
600 III EP Plus Parport (EPP)   good 300 dpi CCD scanner
96 CP Parport (EPP)   good 300x600 dpi CIS scanner
ScanExpress 600 CP Parport (EPP)   good 300x600 dpi CIS scanner
ScanMagic 600 CP Parport (EPP)   good 300x600 dpi CIS scanner
ScanExpress 1200 CP Parport (EPP)   good 600x1200 dpi CIS scanner
ScanExpress 1200 CP+ Parport (EPP)   good 600x1200 dpi CIS scanner
mustek_usb 1.0-18 Mustek ScanExpress 600 CU USB 0x055f/0x0002 complete   sane-mustek_usb
ScanExpress 1200 CU USB 0x055f/0x0001 complete  
ScanExpress 1200 CU Plus USB 0x055f/0x0008 complete  
ScanExpress 1200 UB USB 0x055f/0x0006 complete For the UB Plus, see gt68xx backend
mustek_usb2 1.0-10 Mustek BearPaw 2448TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x0409 good   sane-mustek_usb2
plustek 0.52 Mustek BearPaw 1200 USB 0x0400/0x1000 complete both product versions are supported, see backends' man-page sane-plustek
BearPaw 1200 USB 0x0400/0x1001 complete both product versions are supported, see backends' man-page
BearPaw 2400 USB 0x0400/0x1001 complete  
teco2 1.0-9 Mustek ScanMagic 4830S SCSI   untested sub model VM3575 sane-teco2
unsupported 2010-06-09 Mustek 1200 III EP Parport   unsupported Probably not supported. quarlewm at jmu dot edu offers to temporarily loan such a scanner to anyone who is interested in writing a driver.  
Paragon 800 II EP Parport   unsupported Not supported. Maybe similar to 600 II EP (SCSI_over-parport)? In this case it could be supported by the mustek SCSI backend.
ScanExpress 12000 P Parport   unsupported Not supported. Asic 1505/05.
ScanExpress A3 EP Parport   unsupported Not supported. Maybe it will be supported by the mustek_pp backend in future.
ScanMagic 9636P Parport   unsupported Probably not supported. Same as Mustek 12000 P?. ASIC 1505.
2400 M USB   unsupported Probably unsupported. No details known.
BearPaw 2400 TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x0400 unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
BearPaw 2448 CU Pro USB 0x055f/0x0408 unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
BearPaw 4800 TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x1000 unsupported Not supported. See link for some information.
BearPaw 4800 TA Pro II USB 0x055f/0x040a unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
BearPaw 6400 TA Pro USB 0x055f/0x040b unsupported Not supported. May be supported by mustek_usb2 backend later. See link for some information.
ScanExpress 600 USB USB 0x055f/0x0873 unsupported Unsupported. Programming information is available.
ScanExpress 1200 USB USB 0x055f/0x0003 unsupported Unsupported. Programming information is available.
ScanExpress 1200 USB Plus USB 0x055f/0x0007 unsupported Unsupported.
ScanExpress CardSmart USB   unsupported Probably unsupported. USB business card scanner. Maybe works as USB storage device?
Backends neither included in the current tarball nor the CVS repository
lhii *none* Mustek CG-6000 Proprietary   untested Old handscanner. Hasn't been tested for a long time but once worked. See link for the linux kernel driver that's necessary to run the scanner.  
mustek_a3p1 *none* Mustek P 3600 A3 Pro USB 0x055f/0x0401 minimal Reports about scanning problems. 1800 dpi seems to work if only small scan areas are selected.  

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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.

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