---
name: "sane-ricoh"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "sane"
version: "1.4.0-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sane-ricoh"
---

# sane-ricoh(5)

SANE backend for Ricoh flatbed scanners

## NAME

sane-ricoh - SANE backend for Ricoh flatbed scanners

## DESCRIPTION

The **sane-ricoh** library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to the following Ricoh flatbed scanners:

IS50\
 IS60\

## DEVICE NAMES

This backend expects device names of the form:

*special*

Where *special* is the path-name for the special device that corresponds to a SCSI scanner. The special device name must be a generic SCSI device or a symlink to such a device.  The program [**sane-find-scanner**(1)](/sane-find-scanner/1.md) helps to find out the correct device. Under Linux, such a device name could be */dev/sga* or */dev/sge*, for example.  See [**sane-scsi**(5)](/sane-scsi/5.md) for details.

## FILES

- */etc/sane.d/ricoh.conf*

  The backend configuration file (see also description of **SANE\_CONFIG\_DIR** below).

- */usr/lib/sane/libsane-ricoh.a*

  The static library implementing this backend.

- */usr/lib/sane/libsane-ricoh.so*

  The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dynamic loading).

## ENVIRONMENT

- **SANE\_CONFIG\_DIR**

  This environment variable specifies the list of directories that may contain the configuration file.  On \*NIX systems, the directories are separated by a colon (\`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a semi-colon (\`;').  If this variable is not set, the configuration file is searched in two default directories: first, the current working directory (".") and then in */etc/sane.d*. If the value of the environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then the default directories are searched after the explicitly specified directories.  For example, setting **SANE\_CONFIG\_DIR** to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories *tmp/config*, *.*, and */etc/sane.d* being searched (in this order).

- **SANE\_DEBUG\_RICOH**

  If the library was compiled with debug support enabled, this environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.  Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.

  Example: export SANE\_DEBUG\_RICOH=4

## SEE ALSO

[**sane**(7)](/sane/7.md), [**sane-scsi**(5)](/sane-scsi/5.md), [**sane-find-scanner**(1)](/sane-find-scanner/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Feico W. Dillema