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<H1>sane-microtek</H1>
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Section: SANE Scanner Access Now Easy (5)<BR>Updated: 13 Jul 2008<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="ixAAB"></A>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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sane-microtek - SANE backend for Microtek scanners
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The
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<B>sane-microtek</B>
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library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that
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provides access to the "second generation" Microtek scanners. At present,
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the following hardware is known to work with this backend:
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<P>
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="1"><DD>
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Microtek ScanMaker E2, E3, E6
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Microtek ScanMaker II, IIG, IIHR, IISP, III
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<BR>
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Microtek ScanMaker 35t, 35t+, 45t
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Microtek ScanMaker 600GS, 600ZS (see bug notes)
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<BR>
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Agfa StudioScan
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Agfa StudioScan II, StudioScan IIsi
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<BR>
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Agfa Arcus II (but not the "Arcus")
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<BR>
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Agfa DuoScan (preliminary)
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<BR>
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Vobis "Highscreen Realscan"
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<BR>
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Microtek Color PageWiz (preliminary)
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Transparent Media Adapter
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Document AutoFeeder
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</DL>
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The driver supports line art, halftone, 8bpp gray, and 24bpp color scans
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at normal and "expanded" resolutions (i.e. 1200x1200 on an E6), fast scans
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for color previews, and downloadable gamma tables.
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The supported scanners are all SCSI scanners. However, some parallel
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port models may work (under Linux), if they use a parport->scsi chip,
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and if you can find a scsi->parport driver. This is known to be the
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case for the Color PageWiz.
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The driver does
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<B>not</B>
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support the newest Microtek scanners, such as the V330 and V660, which use
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a new and very different SCSI-II command set. For those, try the alternate
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<B>microtek2</B>
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backend. Most non-SCSI scanners would use the new command set. Most
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scanners newer than the Scanmaker E6 would use the new command set.
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If you own a Microtek scanner other than the ones listed above, tell us
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what happens --- see the
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<B>BUGS</B>
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section at the end of this document.
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Although this manual page is generally updated with each release,
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up-to-date information on new releases and extraneous helpful hints
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are available from the backend homepage:
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="2"><DD>
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<B><A HREF="http://www.mir.com/mtek/">http://www.mir.com/mtek/</A></B>
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DEVICE NAMES</H2>
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This backend expects device names of the form:
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="3"><DD>
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<I>special</I>
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</DL>
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Where
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<I>special</I>
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is the UNIX path-name for the special device that corresponds to the
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scanner. The special device name must be a generic SCSI device or a
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symlink to such a device. Under Linux, such a device name could be
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<I>/dev/sga</I>
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or
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<I>/dev/sge</I>,
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for example.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>CONFIGURATION</H2>
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The contents of the
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<I>microtek.conf</I>
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file is a list of device names that correspond to Microtek
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scanners. Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are
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ignored. A sample configuration file is shown below:
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="4"><DD>
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/dev/scanner
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# this is a comment
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/dev/sge
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</DL>
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The configuration file may also contain the special tokens
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<I>norealcal</I>
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or
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<I>noprecal.</I>
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<I>norealcal</I>
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will disable the use of magic, undocumented scanner calibration commands
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which are known to work on the E6, but may not work with other models.
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<I>noprecal</I>
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will disable logic which tries to avoid scanner precalibration. This logic
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would only have been activated if the magic calibration code was turned off.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>FILES</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="5"><I>@CONFIGDIR@/microtek.conf</I>
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<DD>
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The backend configuration file (see also description of
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<B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B>
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below).
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<DT id="6"><I>@LIBDIR@/libsane-microtek.a</I>
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<DD>
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The static library implementing this backend.
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<DT id="7"><I>@LIBDIR@/libsane-microtek.so</I>
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<DD>
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The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that
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support dynamic loading).
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="8"><B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B>
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<DD>
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This environment variable specifies the list of directories that may
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contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories are
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separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a
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semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the configuration file
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is searched in two default directories: first, the current working
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directory (".") and then in @CONFIGDIR@. If the value of the
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environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then
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the default directories are searched after the explicitly specified
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directories. For example, setting
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<B>SANE_CONFIG_DIR</B>
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to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and
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"@CONFIGDIR@" being searched (in this order).
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<DT id="9"><B>SANE_DEBUG_MICROTEK</B>
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<DD>
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If the library was compiled with debugging support enabled, this
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environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.
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A value of 128 requests maximally copious debug output; smaller
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levels reduce verbosity.
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<P>
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+sane">sane</A>(7), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+sane-scsi">sane-scsi</A>(5)
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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Matt Marjanovic
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<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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Known bugs/limitations are:
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="10"><DD>
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Brightness and contrast broken.
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The 600GS is grayscale only, and will lock up if you select color.
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(Unfortunately, the 600GS and 600ZS are indistinguishable by software.)
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<BR>
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</DL>
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<P>
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i.e. don't complain about these --- but if brightness and/or contrast
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<B>do</B>
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work for you, please tell me.
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<P>
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If your scanner locks up, try setting the
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<I>norealcal</I>
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or
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<I>noprecal</I>
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option in the configuration file (first one, then both), and see if it helps.
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(If it does, report it.)
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<P>
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Send lengthy bug reports and new scanner information to
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<B><A HREF="mailto:mtek-bugs@mir.com">mtek-bugs@mir.com</A></B>.
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All bug reports and new scanner inquiries should include an error log file.
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You can generate copious
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stderr output by setting the SANE_DEBUG_MICROTEK environment variable
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described above. For example:
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setenv SANE_DEBUG_MICROTEK 128
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</DL>
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<P>
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More general comments, suggestions, and inquiries about frontends
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or SANE should go to
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<B><A HREF="mailto:sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net">sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net</A></B>,
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the SANE Developers mailing list. Have a look at
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<A HREF="http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html">http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html</A> concerning subscription to sane-devel.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAC">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAD">DEVICE NAMES</A><DD>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAE">CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
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<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAF">FILES</A><DD>
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<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAG">ENVIRONMENT</A><DD>
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<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAJ">BUGS</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<HR>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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