Re: Scanner that works well with linux?

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From	unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca>
Subject	Re: Scanner that works well with linux?
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Date	2011-04-30 19:02 +0000

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On 2011-04-30, A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> wrote:
> despen@verizon.net wrote:
>> A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> writes:
>> 
>>> I've tried several scanners with linux and have never found a
>>> software/hardware that works easily and well.  I have used xsane and
>>> it has so many options that it's virtually unusable, at least for me.
>>> I have no idea what all of those terms mean.
>>>
>>> I would like to scan a large number of old photos.  Does anyone have
>>> any idea on how I can do this.  Right now I have a Cannon flat bed
>>> scanner and a Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 multifunction machine.
>> 
>> I find xsane easy enough.
>> 
>> The only concept I found uncomfortable is that it didn't seem to work
>> well unless I did the preview first.
>> 
>> Basic steps are:
>> 
>> preview,
>> adjust resolution, scan area, etc,
>> then scan
>> then save.
>> 
>
> I do have a large number to scan.   I need to come up with some settings 
> and just let fly.   The ones I have done so far took a long time to get 
> right and I sometimes ended up with huge files.  GIMP is pretty hard to 
> master, too.

Once you have the preview area set up, you can just put in picture after
picture and hit the scan in xsane. You can tell it what the save name is
and it will automatically add increasing numbers. If you want you do not
have to even look at the output but save automatically.
Size?--of course they are large.24 bit colour meand 3 bytes per pixel.
1200dpi means 80MB per 4x6 picture and that is minimum to capture the
full details on the picture. jpeg means you loose resolution due to
fuzzy compression, so png might reduce that to 20MB/picture. Is that too
huge for you? Then why are you scanning them in?

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Scanner that works well with linux? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-30 08:36 -0700
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> - 2011-04-30 16:36 +0000
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-04-30 18:15 +0100
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-30 17:42 +0000
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? notbob <notbob@notbob.invalid> - 2011-04-30 16:47 +0000
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-30 13:18 -0400
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-30 10:43 -0700
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-30 19:02 +0000
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-30 15:04 -0400
        Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2011-05-01 04:20 +0000
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2011-04-30 12:35 -0500
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-04-30 19:02 +0000
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-30 12:16 -0700
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-30 15:24 -0400
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-30 13:54 -0700
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-30 19:55 +0000
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-30 13:52 -0700
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? "Dave {Reply Address In.Sig}" <noone$$@llondel.org> - 2011-04-30 21:48 +0100
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-30 22:03 +0000
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? John Thompson <john@stolat.os2.dhs.org> - 2011-04-30 23:28 -0500
    Re: Scanner that works well with linux? notbob <notbob@notbob.invalid> - 2011-05-01 13:24 +0000
      Re: Scanner that works well with linux? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-05-01 15:04 +0000
        Re: Scanner that works well with linux? Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> - 2011-05-11 00:37 -0500
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