NEWS -- an overview of user-visible changes with each release

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imagescan-3.32.0                                          (2017-10-03)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.31.0                                          (2017-07-24)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.30.0                                          (2017-04-21)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.29.0                                          (2017-04-14)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.28.0                                          (2017-03-08)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 * adds support for optional flatbed scanner
 
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imagescan-3.27.0                                          (2017-02-28)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.26.0                                          (2017-02-03)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.25.0                                          (2017-01-09)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.24.0                                          (2016-12-16)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 
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imagescan-3.23.0                                          (2016-11-15)
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 * adds driver support for new models

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imagescan-3.22.2                                          (2016-10-20)
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 * adds support for the Ubuntu 16.10

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imagescan-3.22.1                                          (2016-10-20)
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 ! never released to the general public
 * fixes the PDF processing bug.

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imagescan-3.22.0                                          (2016-09-29)
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 * adds driver support for new models

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imagescan-3.21.0                                          (2016-09-14)
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 * adds driver support for new models

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imagescan-3.20.0                                          (2016-09-05)
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 * adds driver support for new models

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imagescan-3.19.0                                          (2016-08-17)
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 * adds driver support for new models

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imagescan-3.18.0                                          (2016-07-13)
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 * adds driver support for new models

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imagescan-3.17.0                                          (2016-06-15)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 * fixes the image processing bug in some locales

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imagescan-3.16.0                                          (2016-04-12)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 * changes the name of some option values
 * fixes the image processing bug

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imagescan-3.15.0                                          (2016-01-22)
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 * adds driver support for new models
 * fixes image rotation support when used with GraphicsMagick versions
   before 1.3.18 and ImageMagick versions before 6.7.8.9

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imagescan-3.14.0                                          (2015-12-24)
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 * adds support for image rotation
 * adds support for automatic rotation angle detection.  This requires
   installation of extra software, see the README for information.
 * adds support for ADF scanning of extra-long originals for selected
   scanners.  The long-paper-mode does not support deskewing and only
   supports automatic detection of document height.  GUI previews are
   disabled in this mode as well.
 * adds a progress bar to the GUI
 * adds a Quit button to the GUI
 * shows the list of available file formats by default
 * documents driver support for the WF-6530 Series
 * documents availability of non-free plugins in the README
 * removes the Credits from the Help dialog
 * removes the crop option in favour of an Automatic scan-area.  This
   will affect command-line invocations.
 * removes the bit depth indication from the dropout values and uses
   the bit depth of the selected gray value instead.  This will also
   affect command-line invocations.
 * fixes reporting of error conditions by the SANE backend
 * fixes several image processing bugs
 * fixes software hangs when cancelling from the scanner under certain
   conditions
 * fixes device selection when attached through one or more USB hubs
 * fixes Automatic scan-area support for the DS-60000 and DS-70000 for
   ADF scans
 * disables the preview refresh and delete window buttons during scans
 * disables modification of scan settings during scans
 * no longer requires the Boost Regex and Thread libraries for C++11
   builds

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imagescan-3.13.1                                          (2015-10-27)
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 * makes the code C++11 compatible
 * fixes memory issues in the SANE backend

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imagescan-3.13.0                                          (2015-09-16)
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 * adds support for the EP-10VA Series, EP-808A Series, EP-978A3
   Series, the PX-M840FX, and the WF-6590 Series

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imagescan-3.12.0                                          (2015-08-31)
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 * adds support for the ET-2500 Series, ET-2550 Series, ET-4500
   Series, ET-4550 Series, the PX-M860F, the XP-230 Series, and XP-430
   Series
 * removes the 'action-', 'device-' and 'software-' prefixes from the
   SANE option names.  This may affect command-line options of SANE
   frontends such as 'scanimage'.

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imagescan-3.11.0                                          (2015-07-24)
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 * adds driver support for the XP-220 Series, the XP-235 Series, the
   XP-332 335 Series, the XP-432 435 Series, the XP-530 Series, the
   XP-630 Series, the XP-830 Series, and the XP-960 Series

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imagescan-3.10.0                                          (2015-06-19)
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 * adds driver support for the L655 Series
 * documents driver support for the L566 Series
 * speeds up the GUI's preview for selected models
 * removes build support for HAL and libusb-0

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imagescan-3.9.1                                           (2015-06-19)
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 ! never released to the general public
 * fixes threading issues that could lead to segmentation faults and
   program hangs

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imagescan-3.9.0                                           (2015-03-18)
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 * adds driver support for the L220/L360 Series, the L365/L366 Series,
   the L455 Series, and the L565 Series
 * adds translations for twelve new languages: Brazilian Portuguese,
   Chinese (both Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German,
   Italian, Korean, Mexican Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
 * changes the name of some option values used with the command-line
   interface.  See the help output for the new values.
 * fixes cancellation from the SANE project's scanimage utility.  This
   could trigger aborts in some cases.
 * fixes misclassification of printers as scanners in rare cases
 * removes some keyboard shortcuts from the graphical user interface
 * silently removes file if no images were acquired

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imagescan-3.8.3                                           (2015-01-26)
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 * fixes device communication when connected to a USB 3.0 socket
 * improves autocrop/deskew throughput for some build configurations

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imagescan-3.8.2                                           (2014-11-18)
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 * make software-based autocrop/deskew support buildable against both
   ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick.  This allows binary package builds
   to avoid misbehaving ImageMagick versions.
 * fixes a crash in the command-line interface when both autocrop and
   deskew are requested
 * fixes monochrome scanning when used with GraphicsMagick

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imagescan-3.8.1                                           (2014-11-06)
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 ! never released to the general public
 * fixes clipping of the top and bottom corners when autocropping is
   enabled.  Affects the DS-510, DS-520, and DS-560.

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imagescan-3.8.0                                           (2014-10-17)
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 * adds driver support for the DS-520
 * adds software-based autocrop support for selected models
 * adds software-based deskew support for selected models

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imagescan-3.7.0                                           (2014-08-06)
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 * adds driver support for the PX-M7050 Series, the PX-M7050FX Series,
   the WF-8510/8590 Series, and the WF-R8590 Series
 * improves the GUI's file selection dialog
 * adds support for file name patterns, e.g. "Untitled-%03i.png"

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imagescan-3.6.0                                           (2014-04-23)
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 * adds driver support for the DS-40
 * adds support for PNG output
 * fixes the emulated resolution support when used from the GUI
 * fixes device selection when multiple identical devices are detected
 * fixes detection and handling of device-in-use conditions
 * fixes memory issues in the SANE backend that could trigger a crash

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imagescan-3.5.0                                           (2014-02-05)
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 * adds driver support for the DS-560, DS-760, and DS-860
 * adds software emulated resolutions for smoother control with DS-510
   and DS-560 devices
 * renames the '--match-height' option to '--force-extent'
 * changes the default gamma setting for clearer images

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imagescan-3.4.0                                           (2013-11-21)
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 * increases image acquisition performance
 * adds an option to suppress blank images from the output
 * lowers the maximum transfer size for the DS-510
 * fixes device "hangs" when cancelling acquisition with the CLI
 * fixes a use-after-delete memory issue in the SANE backend

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imagescan-3.3.0                                           (2013-09-01)
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 * adds driver support for the DS-510
 * adds an option to force an image height for devices unable to tell
   in advance how tall each image will be
 * adds JPEG decompression support to the SANE backend so that device
   I/O can use the JPEG format for image data transfer
 * fixes early out-of-media detection handling so that the last image
   is processed completely
 * fixes command-line interface option handling so it no longer tries
   to set the default values
 * fixes several constraint handling issues in the GUI

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imagescan-3.2.0                                           (2013-07-25)
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 ! never released to the general public
 * supports automatic media size detection
 * supports external plugins (such as the 'networkscan' plugin)
 * adds feedback for time consuming operations to the GUI
 * fixes a device selection issue with identically named devices
 * fixes a JPEG compression issue triggering a program abort

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imagescan-3.1.0                                           (2013-03-11)
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 * supports scan area selection via well-known media sizes
 * automatically adjusts the selected media size to media position
 * allows for faster image transfer during preview and when saving to
   PNM or TIFF files
 * improves compatibility with a number of SANE frontends
 * improves resource management in the SANE backend
 * disables JPEG transfer mode for monochrome scans (because the JPEG
   file format does not support monochrome image data)
 * fixes error reporting in the SANE backend
 * fixes resource management in the GUI scan dialog that could leave
   scanners in a busy state
 * fixes cancellation issues that led to incorrect error messages

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imagescan-3.0.0                                           (2012-11-02)
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 * initial release
 * contains a simple GUI scan dialog
 * provides a command-line interface
 * includes a driver for the following scanners:
   - DS-5500
   - DS-6500
   - DS-7500
   - DS-50000
   - DS-60000
   - DS-70000
 * comes with a SANE backend so you can use supported scanners with
   any SANE frontend as well
 * has Japanese translations for all user-visible run-time messages
