1.\" $OpenBSD: uscanner.4,v 1.4 2003/07/09 13:26:20 jmc Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: uscanner.4,v 1.4 2000/10/13 21:05:18 augustss Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by Lennart Augustsson. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 19.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 20.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 21.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 22.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 23.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 24.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 25.\" 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 27.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 28.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 29.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 30.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 31.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 32.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 33.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 34.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 35.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 36.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 37.\" 38.Dd September 10, 2000 39.Dt USCANNER 4 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm uscanner 43.Nd minimal USB support for scanners 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.Cd "uscanner* at uhub? port ? configuration ?" 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47The 48.Nm 49driver provides minimal support for 50.Tn USB 51scanners. 52The driver recognizes a number of 53.Tn USB 54scanners, but to 55actually scan anything there needs to be software that knows 56about the particular scanner. 57The SANE package provides support for some scanners. 58.Sh HARDWARE 59The 60.Nm 61driver works with the following scanners: 62.Ss Epson 63.Bl -tag -width Microtek -offset indent -compact 64.It GT-7000 65.It Perfection 610U 66.It Perfection 636U 67.It Perfection 1200U 68.It Perfection 1200U Photo 69.El 70.Ss HP 71.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact 72.It ScanJet 4100C 73.It ScanJet 5200C 74.It ScanJet 5300C 75.It ScanJet 6300C 76.El 77.Ss Microtek 78.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact 79.It ScanMaker X6USB 80.El 81.Pp 82Many other scanners are recognized, but there is no software support 83for them yet. 84.Sh SEE ALSO 85.Xr intro 4 , 86.Xr uhub 4 , 87.Xr usb 4 88.Pp 89.Pa http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html 90.Sh HISTORY 91The 92.Nm 93driver appeared in 94.Nx 1.6 . 95.Ox 96support was first added in 97.Ox 2.9 . 98.Sh BUGS 99This driver should not really exist. 100The scanners it recognizes can be accessed through the 101.Xr ugen 4 102driver instead. 103A proper scanner driver would provide a uniform interface to scanners 104instead of exposing the innards of the scanner. 105The reason the driver exists is to have something that is compatible 106with the Linux driver. 107