[sane-devel] Sane-Find-Scanner Detects Mouse

[Julien BLACHE]

"Hugh McMaster" <dasjournal at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the best explanation, since libusb can communicate with the
> mouse, so it would get displayed wouldn't it?  Although I thought
> sane-find-scanner was programmed to display scanners only?

There's no way to reliably identify a USB scanner; sane-find-scanner
uses a heuristic approach, based on the endpoints presented by the
device.

JB.

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