The following table summarizes the backends/drivers distributed with SANE, and the hardware or software they support.
This is only a summary! Please consult the manpages and the author-supplied webpages for more detailed (and usually important) information concerning each backend.
If you have new information or corrections, please send e-mail to sane-devel@mostang.com.
(For an explanation of the table, see the legend.)
| Backend | Version | Status | Supported Devices | Manual Page | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Model | Comment | ||||
| abaton | 0.1 | alpha | Abaton | Scan 300/GS | All known modes and functions supported | sane-abaton |
| Scan 300/S | Untested, use with caution | |||||
| agfafocus | 0.2 | alpha | AGFA | Focus GS Scanner | 6 bit gray | sane-agfafocus |
| Focus Lineart Scanner | Lineart only? Untested. | |||||
| Focus II | gray only | |||||
| Focus Color | ||||||
| Focus Color Plus | 3-pass | |||||
| Siemens | S9036 | gray only | ||||
| apple | 0.31 | alpha | Apple | Apple Scanner | 4bit, 16 shades of gray | sane-apple |
| OneScanner | 8bit, 256 shades of gray. The backend needs work especially in the quantization code but it may work. | |||||
| ColorOneScanner | truecolor (needs much work) but it scans in non color modes. | |||||
| artec | 0.5.13 | stable | Artec/Ultima | AT3 | all modes working | ? |
| A6000C | all modes working | |||||
| A6000C PLUS | f/w <= v1.92 alpha, f/w >= v1.93 OK | |||||
| AT6 | testing in progress | |||||
| AT12 | all modes working | |||||
| AM12S | all modes working | |||||
| BlackWidow | BW4800SP | rebadged Artec AT3 | ||||
| Plustek | OpticPro 19200S | rebadged Artec AM12S | ||||
| avision | 0.2 | beta | Avision | AV 630 CS | 1 pass, 1200*600 DPI | ? |
| canon | 0.1 | alpha | Canon | CanoScan 300 | 1 pass; flatbed scanner | ? |
| CanoScan 600 | 1 pass; flatbed scanner | |||||
| CanoScan 2700F | 1 pass; film scanner | |||||
| coolscan | 0.3 | beta | Nikon | LS-20 | The LS-20 has been replaced by the LS-30 | ? |
| LS-1000 | Doesn't support gamma correction | |||||
| dc210 | 0.0 | alpha | Kodak | DC210 | sane-dc210 | |
| dc25 | 1.2 | beta | Kodak | DC25 | sane-dc25 | |
| DC20 | DC-20 untested by author but reported to work | |||||
| dll | 0.73 | beta | Dynamic loading of shared-library backends. | sane-dll | ||
| dmc | 1.0 | stable | Polaroid | DMC | sane-dmc | |
| epson | 0.1.15 | alpha | Epson | GT-5000 | parallel interface | sane-epson |
| GT-6000 | parallel interface | |||||
| Actionscanner II | parallel interface | |||||
| GT-7000 | ||||||
| Perfection 636S | ||||||
| Perfection 636U | USB Interface | |||||
| Perfection 1200S | ||||||
| Perfection 1200U | USB Interface | |||||
| Expression 636 | ||||||
| FilmScan 200 | A better backend for the FilmScan 200 can be found at http://www.vjet.demon.cu.uk/scanner/ | |||||
| hp | 0.86 | beta | HP | HP ScanJet Plus | sane-hp | |
| HP ScanJet IIc | ||||||
| HP ScanJet IIp | ||||||
| HP ScanJet IIcx | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 3c | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 3p | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 4c | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 4p | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 4100C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 5p | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 5100C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 5200C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 6100C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 6200C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 6250C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 6300C | ||||||
| HP ScanJet 6350C | ||||||
| HP PhotoSmart PhotoScanner | USB on HP ScanJet 4100C/5200C/6200C/6300C require USB driver. See http://www.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb (under development) | |||||
| lhii | (0.1) | alpha | ? | ? | ||
| m3096g | 1.11 | beta | Fujitsu | M3096G | sane-fujitsu | |
| microtek | 0.12.0 | beta | Microtek | Scanmaker E6 | sane-microtek | |
| Scanmaker E3 | ||||||
| Scanmaker E2 | 3-pass | |||||
| Scanmaker 35t+ | slide-scanner | |||||
| Scanmaker 45t | slide-scanner | |||||
| Scanmaker 35 | slide-scanner | |||||
| Scanmaker III | ||||||
| Scanmaker IISP | ||||||
| Scanmaker IIHR | 3-pass | |||||
| Scanmaker IIG | gray only | |||||
| Scanmaker II | 3-pass | |||||
| Scanmaker 600Z(S) | untested (color?) | |||||
| Scanmaker 600G(S) | gray only (see manpage) | |||||
| Color PageWiz | sheet-fed (preliminary) | |||||
| Agfa | Arcus II | Arcus *II*, not Arcus! | ||||
| StudioScan | ||||||
| StudioScan II | ||||||
| StudioScan IIsi | ||||||
| DuoScan | preliminary | |||||
| microtek2 | pre0.8.161099 | alpha | Microtek | parallel models unsupported | sane-microtek2 | |
| ScanMaker V300 | ||||||
| ScanMaker V310 | ||||||
| ScanMaker V600 | ||||||
| ScanMaker E3plus | ||||||
| ScanMaker X6 | ||||||
| ScanMaker X6EL | ||||||
| ScanMaker 330 | ||||||
| ScanMaker 630 | ||||||
| ScanMaker 636 | ||||||
| ScanMaker 9600XL | only flatbed mode ? | |||||
| Phantom 636 | ||||||
| Vobis | HighScan | only E3plus based models | ||||
| mustek | 0.73 | beta | Mustek | MFC-600S | 1 pass; (f/w >= 1.01; scsi id MFC-06000CZ) | sane-mustek |
| MFC-600CD | 1 pass; (f/w >= 2.03; scsi id MFC-06000CZ) | |||||
| MFS-6000CX | 3 pass; (f/w >= 2.71; scsi id MSF-06000CX) | |||||
| MSF-6000SP | 1 pass; (f/w >= 3.12; scsi id MSF-06000SP) | |||||
| MFS-8000SP | 1 pass; (f/w >= 2.05; scsi id MSF-08000SP) lineart drops lines? | |||||
| MFC-800S | 1 pass; (f/w == 1.06; scsi id MFC-08000CZ) color fails? | |||||
| MFS-1200SP | 1 pass; (f/w == 1.00; scsi id MSF-12000SP) | |||||
| MFS-1200SP | 1 pass; (f/w == 1.07; scsi id MFS-12000SP) | |||||
| MFS-1200SP | 1 pass; (f/w == 1.02; scsi id MFS-12000SP) color fails? | |||||
| MFS-12000CX | 3 pass; (f/w == 2.71; scsi id MFS-12000CX) | |||||
| SE-6000SP | 1 pass; (f/w == ? ; scsi id C03 S10IDW) | |||||
| SE-12000SP | 1 pass; (f/w == 1.01; scsi id C06 S12IDW) | |||||
| musteka4s2 | (0.3) | beta | Mustek | MFS-600IIIP | Mustek 600 III EP Plus | sane-musteka4s2 |
| nec | (0.10) | NEW! | NEC | PC-IN500/4C | PC-IN500/4C was sold only in JAPAN | ? |
| PC-IN600,700,800 series | PC-IN600,700,800 series is not supprted | |||||
| net | 0.73 | beta | Network access to saned servers | sane-net | ||
| pint | ? | alpha | Scanners with the machine-independent PINT interface | sane-pint | ||
| plustek | (0.27) | beta | Plustek | Plustek 4830 | OK | ? |
| Plustek 9630 | Doesn't work | |||||
| Plustek OpticPro 600 | Doesn't work | |||||
| pnm | ? | beta | Reads PNM files | Used for debugging frontends | sane-pnm | |
| qcam | ? | alpha | Connectix | Color QuickCam | Require root privileges. | sane-qcam |
| Greyscale QuickCam | Require root privileges. Partly working. | |||||
| ricoh | ? | alpha | Ricoh | Ricoh IS50 | ? | ? |
| Ricoh IS60 | ? | |||||
| s9036 | ? | alpha | Siemens | 9036 Flatbed scanner | ? | |
| sagitta | (0.4) | alpha | Qtronix | Sagitta Gray | no monocrome-mode at the moment | ? |
| Sagitta Color | not supported at the moment | |||||
| sharp | 0.30 | beta | SHARP | JX-610 | ? | |
| JX-250 | ||||||
| JX-330 | backend is not yet tested with a JX 330! | |||||
| SnapScan | 0.7 | alpha | AGFA | SnapScan 300 | Only 8 bits/sample at present. | ? |
| SnapScan 310 | Ditto | |||||
| SnapScan 600 | Ditto | |||||
| SnapScan 1236s | Ditto. Have no specific programming info yet. | |||||
| Vuego | 310s | Close SnapScan 310 compatible. | ||||
| Acer | 310s | Same thing as the Vuego 310s. | ||||
| Prisa 620s | Seems to be a close SnapScan 310/600 compatible. | |||||
| Guillemot International | Maxi Scan A4 Deluxe (SCSI) | May be a repackaged Vuego 310s or SnapScan 310s. | ||||
| sp15c | 1.12 | beta | Fujitsu Computer Products of America | SP15C | sane-fujitsu | |
| st400 | (1.4) | alpha | Siemens | ST400 | 6 bit gray | sane-st400 |
| tamarack | 0.5 | beta | Tamarack | Artiscan 6000C | 3 pass, 300 DPI | ? |
| Artiscan 8000C | 3 pass, 400 DPI | |||||
| Artiscan 12000C | 3 pass, 600 DPI | |||||
| umax | 1.0-18 | stable | UMAX | parallel scanners | Not supported!!! | sane-umax |
| USB scanners | Not supported!!! | |||||
| Vista S6 | OK | |||||
| Vista S6E | OK | |||||
| UMAX S-6E | OK | |||||
| UMAX S-6EG | OK | |||||
| Vista-S8 | OK | |||||
| Supervista S-12 | OK | |||||
| UMAX S-12 | OK | |||||
| UMAX S-12G | OK | |||||
| Astra 600S | OK | |||||
| Astra 610S | OK | |||||
| Astra 1200S | OK | |||||
| Astra 1220S | OK | |||||
| Astra 2200W | OK | |||||
| Astra 2400S | OK | |||||
| Mirage D-16L | OK | |||||
| Mirage II | Not tested | |||||
| Mirage IIse | Not tested | |||||
| PSD | OK | |||||
| PowerLook | Not tested | |||||
| PL-II | Not tested | |||||
| PowerLook III | Not tested | |||||
| PowerLook 2000 | Not tested | |||||
| PowerLook 3000 | Not tested | |||||
| Gemini D-16 | OK | |||||
| UMAX VT600 | not tested | |||||
| Vista-T630 | OK for some firmwareversions, on others only lineart OK | |||||
| UC 630 | Version 1.6(?) or 2.8(?) OK, others only lineart OK | |||||
| UG 630 | OK | |||||
| UG 80 | OK | |||||
| UC 840 | Version 1.6 OK, others only lineart OK | |||||
| UC 1200S | unknown - please try | |||||
| UC 1200SE | unknown - please try | |||||
| UC 1260 | Version 1.6 OK, others unknown | |||||
| Linotype Hell | Jade | OK, SCSI-ID=LinoHell Office | ||||
| Jade2 | OK, SCSI-ID=LinoHell Office2 | |||||
| Saphir | Not tested | |||||
| Saphir2 | OK, SCSI-ID=LinoHell SAPHIR2 | |||||
| Saphir Ultra | Not tested | |||||
| Saphir Ultra II | Not tested | |||||
| Saphir HiRes | Not tested | |||||
| Opal | Not tested | |||||
| Opal Ultra | Not tested | |||||
| Vobis/Highscreen | Scanboostar Premium | OK, SCSI-ID=LinoHell Office2 | ||||
| Escom | Image Scanner 256 | OK, SCSI-ID=UMAX UG 80 | ||||
| Nikon | AX-210 | OK | ||||
| Genius | ColorPage-HR5 (Pro) | OK, SCSI-ID=KYE ColorPage-HR5 | ||||
| v4l | (0.1) | alpha | Interface to v4l API | ? | ||
| v4l2 | (19991125) | alpha | Interface to v4l 2 API | ? | ||
- Backend:
- Name of the backend, with a link to more extensive and detailed information, if it exists.
- Version:
- Version of backend/driver distributed in the lastest SANE release. Newer versions may be available from their home sites.
- Status:
- A vague indication of robustness and reliability.
- NEW! means brand-new to the current release of SANE.
- alpha means it must do something, but is not very well tested, probably has bugs, and may even crash your system, etc., etc.
- beta means it works pretty well, and looks stable and functional, but not bullet-proof.
- stable means someone is pulling your leg.
- Supported Devices:
- Which hardware the backend supports.
- Manual Page:
- A link to the man-page on-line, if it exists.