From: geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid   
      
   bp wrote:   
      
   > I really wonder if sane-net and/or saned is a required intermediary.   
   > Both are installed, neither is running AFAIK.   
      
   Saned is often configured to run from inetd, in which case it won't be   
   started until something connects.   
      
   $ grep sane /etc/inetd.conf   
   sane-port stream tcp nowait saned:saned /usr/sbin/saned sane   
      
   > Saned might be for   
   > incoming connections to a local scanner, I need an outgoing connection   
   > to the mfc8480   
      
   Front-end software such as xsane connects to saned, then saned finds   
   available scanners and tells the front-end, which presents the choice   
   to the user.   
      
   Supported scanners have config files in /etc/sane.d or are found by a   
   dynamically loaded library listed in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf or in files   
   under /etc/sane.d/dll.d (for me, the latter: the package libsane-hpaio   
   provides /etc/sane.d/dll.d/hplip).   
      
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