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README.Fedora
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This file is meant as README for Fedora specific changes for sane-backends
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package.
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SANE daemon is moved to subpackage
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sane-backends daemon - saned - its manual page and systemd unit files are moved
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into subpackage named sane-backends-daemon. It was done because daemon provides
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access to scanning devices on remote server, which nowadays isn't common 
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usage of sane-backends, so it wasn't necessary to ship it with main package.
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Several scanners need proprietary driver for working
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Several scanners (e.g. Samsung, Brother, Epson) sometimes need special backends,
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whose isn't shipped with sane-backends or cannot be shipped in Fedora because of
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licensing problem. If your scanner isn't working with basic sane-backends:
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1) if your scanner is Epson, try to install iscan-firmware package or Image Scan from Epson official site
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2) if your scanner is Samsung, try to find driver on https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/selfservice/
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3) if your scanner is Brother, see http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html
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Ad2) Samsung proprietary driver is needed when user needs JPEG compression - this
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feature support was added to sane-backends upstream by commit 926bfade544de4a4fd5,
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which contained patches from Samsung. But this commit broke scanning for Samsung
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scanners, so this patch was reverted with consequences of losing JPEG compression 
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feature for Samsung scanners.