Contents

1 Preface
	1.1 About This Document
		1.1.1 Typographic Conventions
2 Introduction
	2.1 Terminology
3 The SANE Environment
	3.1 Attaching to a SANE backend
	3.2 Image Data Format
		3.2.1 Image Transmission
4 The SANE Application Programmer Interface (API)
	4.1 Version Control
	4.2 Data Types
		4.2.1 Base Types
		4.2.2 Boolean Type
		4.2.3 Integer Type
		4.2.4 Fixed-point Type
		4.2.5 Text
			4.2.5.1 Character Type
			4.2.5.2 String Type
		4.2.6 Scanner Handle Type
		4.2.7 Status Type
		4.2.8 Device Descriptor Type
		4.2.9 Option Descriptor Type
			4.2.9.1 Option Name
			4.2.9.2 Option Title
			4.2.9.3 Option Description
			4.2.9.4 Option Value Type
			4.2.9.5 Option Value Unit
			4.2.9.6 Option Value Size
			4.2.9.7 Option Capabilities
			4.2.9.8 Option Value Constraints
	4.3 Operations
		4.3.1 sane_init
		4.3.2 sane_exit
		4.3.3 sane_get_devices
		4.3.4 sane_open
		4.3.5 sane_close
		4.3.6 sane_get_option_descriptor
		4.3.7 sane_control_option
		4.3.8 sane_get_parameters
		4.3.9 sane_start
		4.3.10 sane_read
		4.3.11 sane_cancel
		4.3.12 sane_set_io_mode
		4.3.13 sane_get_select_fd
		4.3.14 sane_strstatus
	4.4 Code Flow
	4.5 Well-Known Options
		4.5.1 Option Number Count
		4.5.2 Scan Resolution Option
		4.5.3 Preview Mode Option
		4.5.4 Scan Area Options
5 Network Protocol
	5.1 Data Type Encoding
		5.1.1 Primitive Data Types
		5.1.2 Type Constructors
	5.2 Remote Procedure Call Requests
		5.2.1 SANE_NET_INIT
		5.2.2 SANE_NET_GET_DEVICES
		5.2.3 SANE_NET_OPEN
		5.2.4 SANE_NET_CLOSE
		5.2.5 SANE_NET_GET_OPTION_DESCRIPTORS
		5.2.6 SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION
		5.2.7 SANE_NET_GET_PARAMETERS
		5.2.8 SANE_NET_START
		5.2.9 SANE_NET_CANCEL
		5.2.10 SANE_NET_AUTHORIZE
		5.2.11 SANE_NET_EXIT
6 Contact Information

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