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XSane is a powerful frontend to access scanners which are supported
by an OS/2-Version of SANE.
It was written by Oliver Rauch and requires an XServer (for example XFree86 for OS/2) and a working libsane.dll.
It was written by Oliver Rauch and requires an XServer (for example XFree86 for OS/2) and a working libsane.dll.
For more information about XSane have a look at
the homepage of XSane.
I have managed to build OS/2 - executables of XSane since version 0.78.
The latest version 0.992 now has been built using
GTK 2 and works as plugin for
Gimp 2.2.8.
It also works standalone (but you'll still need Gimp 2.2.8 installed because of all the dlls
it depends on).
It has some nice new features for example it supports scan -> pdf.
The drawback is, it won't work with earlier versions of GTK / GIMP.
Version 0.96 works with GTK 1.2 and GIMP 1.22.
Here's the list of what's available:
- Screenshot of XSane running under HOB-X11 [png 99kB]
- xsane-0.992-OS2.README (The OS/2 - readme for the binary package)
- XSane 0.992 for OS/2 (The binary package) Needs a libsane.dll from Sane version 1.0.16 or later.
- Hints for building XSane 0.992 on OS/2
- XSane 0.96 for OS/2 (How to build plus binary package)
![Screenshot of XSane running under HOB-X11 [png 99kB]](img/xsane-screenshot.png){kind=link}
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Last modified 20 October 2008
Franz Bakan
