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xsane compatibility with scanner

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For years I've used xsane with a flatbed scanner, but now want to do
scans with a Brothers MFC-7220 multi-function copier connected via USB
cable.

When xsane starts, all it detects and uses is my video cam. In principle
if both devices detected, I should be able to choose among them when
xsane starts. Instead it only sees the camera.

$ sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04f9, product=0x0185) at libusb:004:028
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

$ scanimage -L
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04f9, product=0x0185) at libusb:004:028
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

What program does "backend" refer to? Is a work-around possible, or do I
have to give up using my device as a scanner (and fax machine?). When I
try to use the Brothers machine to scan, it fails to connect to my
computer (debian wheezy).  

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xsane compatibility with scanner Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-10-18 19:08 -0400
  Re: xsane compatibility with scanner philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-10-18 18:49 -0500
    Re: xsane compatibility with scanner Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> - 2015-10-19 07:59 -0400
      Re: xsane compatibility with scanner "Juan R. de Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 17:45 +0000
        Re: xsane compatibility with scanner faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-10-20 15:41 +1100

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