Re: Scanner that works well with linux?

From	Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Scanner that works well with linux?
Date	2011-05-01 04:20 +0000
Organization	none-at-all
Message-ID	<slrnirpnsb.dsr.spamtrap42@one.localnet> (permalink)
References	<iphaad$k5f$1@dont-email.me> <icd3k3u07b.fsf@verizon.net> <iphhnk$emn$1@dont-email.me> <ic62pvtvbi.fsf@verizon.net>

Show all headers | View raw

On 2011-04-30, despen@verizon.net <despen@verizon.net> wrote:
> A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> scanimage >x.pnm
>
> The above works, but as you might guess it needs a few other
> parameters to get a quality result.
>
> Shouldn't be too hard.

Here's an example of a full-page scan, parameters tuned so that
piping to pnmtops and then to lpr produces a copy aligned on the
page almost exactly the same as the original, at least with my
scanner and printer (YMMV):

    scanimage -d hp $mode -l 8 -t 4 -x 203 -y 267 > $outfile

where $mode is empty, '--mode Color', or '--mode Gray'.

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

Back to comp.os.linux.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

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
  Re: Scanner that works well with linux? philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-05-01 06:43 -0500

csiph-web