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diff --git a/system/sane-airscan/README b/system/sane-airscan/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6053c805cb --- /dev/null +++ b/system/sane-airscan/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +sane-airscan -- SANE backend for AirScan (eSCL) and WSD document +scanners. + +Similar to how most modern network printers support "driverless" +printing, +using the universal vendor-neutral printing protocol, many modern +network scanners and MFPs support "driverless" scanning. + +Driverless scanning comes in two flavors: + +- Apple AirScan or AirPrint scanning (official protocol name is eSCL) +- Microsoft WSD, or WS-Scan (term WSD means "Web Services for Devices) + +This backend implements both protocols, choosing automatically between +them. +It was successfully tested with many devices from Brother, Canon, Dell, +Kyocera, Lexmark, Epson, HP, OKI, Panasonic, Pantum, Ricoh, Samsung +and Xerox both in WSD and eSCL modes. + +For eSCL devices, Apple maintains a comprehensive list of compatible +devices, but please note, this list contains not only scanners and MFP, +but pure printers as well. + +This backend doesn't require to install and doesn't conflict with +vendor-provided proprietary software like ScanGear from Canon, HPLIP +from HP and so on. |