--- sane-backends-1.0.15/backend/plustek-usb.h.orig	2005-07-06 00:45:43.000000000 +0200
+++ sane-backends-1.0.15/backend/plustek-usb.h	2005-07-06 00:47:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -106,17 +106,20 @@
 #define _PHILO2WORD(x)  ((u_short)x->bHi * 256U + x->bLo)
 
 /* useful for RGB-values */
+#define PACKED8  __attribute__ ((packed,aligned(1)))
+#define PACKED16 __attribute__ ((packed,aligned(2)))
+
 typedef struct {
 	u_char Red;
 	u_char Green;
 	u_char Blue;
-} RGBByteDef, *pRGBByteDef;
+} PACKED8 RGBByteDef, *pRGBByteDef;
 
 typedef struct {
 	u_short Red;
 	u_short Green;
 	u_short Blue;
-} RGBUShortDef, *pRGBUShortDef;
+} PACKED16 RGBUShortDef, *pRGBUShortDef;
 
 typedef struct {
 	u_long Red;
@@ -126,22 +129,22 @@
 
 typedef struct {
 	u_char a_bColor[3];
-} ColorByteDef, *pColorByteDef;
+} PACKED8 ColorByteDef, *pColorByteDef;
 
 typedef struct {
 	u_char bHi;
 	u_char bLo;
-} HiLoDef, *pHiLoDef;
+} PACKED8 HiLoDef, *pHiLoDef;
 
 typedef union {
 	HiLoDef HiLo[3];
 	u_short	Colors[3];
-} ColorWordDef, *pColorWordDef;
+} PACKED16 ColorWordDef, *pColorWordDef;
 
 typedef union {
 	HiLoDef	HiLo;
 	u_short	Mono;
-} MonoWordDef, *pMonoWordDef;
+} PACKED16 MonoWordDef, *pMonoWordDef;
 
 typedef union {