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NAME

       scanimage - scan an image

SYNOPSIS

       scanimage    [-d|--device-name   dev]   [--format   format]   [-i|--icc-profile   profile]
       [-L|--list-devices]    [-f|--formatted-device-list    format]    [-b|--batch    [=format]]
       [--batch-start start] [--batch-count count] [--batch-increment increment] [--batch-double]
       [--accept-md5-only]  [-p|--progress]   [-n|--dont-scan]   [-T|--test]   [-A|--all-options]
       [-h|--help]       [-v|--verbose]       [-B|--buffer-size      [=size]]      [-V|--version]
       [device-specific-options]

DESCRIPTION

       scanimage is a command-line interface to control image acquisition devices such as flatbed
       scanners  or  cameras.  The device is controlled via command-line options.  After command-
       line processing, scanimage normally proceeds to acquire  an  image.   The  image  data  is
       written to standard output in one of the PNM (portable aNyMaP) formats (PBM for black-and-
       white images, PGM for grayscale images, and PPM for color images) or in  TIFF  (black-and-
       white, grayscale or color).  scanimage accesses image acquisition devices through the SANE
       (Scanner Access Now Easy) interface and can thus support any device for which there exists
       a SANE backend (try apropos sane- to get a list of available backends).

EXAMPLES

       To get a list of devices:

         scanimage -L

       To scan with default settings to the file image.pnm:

         scanimage >image.pnm

       To  scan  100x100  mm  to  the  file  image.tiff  (-x and -y may not be available with all
       devices):

         scanimage -x 100 -y 100 --format=tiff >image.tiff

       To print all available options:

         scanimage -h

OPTIONS

       Remark: Parameter are defined by the backends. So are --mode Gray and --mode Grayscale  in
       use.  Please read the backend documentation first.

       Parameters  are separated by a blank from single-character options (e.g.  -d epson) and by
       a "=" from multi-character options (e.g. --device-name=epson).

       The  -d  or  --device-name  options  must  be  followed  by  a   SANE   device-name   like
       `epson:/dev/sg0'  or  `hp:/dev/usbscanner0'.  A (partial) list of available devices can be
       obtained with the --list-devices option (see  below).   If  no  device-name  is  specified
       explicitly,    scanimage    reads    a   device-name   from   the   environment   variable
       SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE.  If this variable is not set, scanimage  will  attempt  to  open  the
       first available device.

       The  --format  format option selects how image data is written to standard output.  format
       can be pnm or tiff.  If --format is not used, PNM is written.

       The -i or --icc-profile option is used to include an ICC profile into a TIFF file.

       The -L or --list-devices option requests a (partial) list of devices that  are  available.
       The list is not complete since some devices may be available, but are not listed in any of
       the configuration files (which are typically stored in directory  /etc/sane.d).   This  is
       particularly  the  case  when  accessing scanners through the network.  If a device is not
       listed in a configuration file, the only way to access it is by its full device name.  You
       may need to consult your system administrator to find out the names of such devices.

       The  -f  or --formatted-device-list option works similar to --list-devices, but requires a
       format string.  scanimage replaces the placeholders %d %v %m %t  %i  %n  with  the  device
       name, vendor name, model name, scanner type, an index number and newline respectively. The
       command

              scanimage -f  scanner number %i device %d is a %t, model %m, produced by %v 

       will produce something like:

              scanner number 0  device sharp:/dev/sg1 is  a  flatbed scanner, model  JX250  SCSI,
              produced by SHARP

       The  --batch*  options provide the features for scanning documents using document feeders.
       --batch [format] is used to specify the format of the filename  that  each  page  will  be
       written  to.   Each page is written out to a single file.  If format is not specified, the
       default of out%d.pnm (or out%d.tif for --format tiff) will be used.  format is given as  a
       printf  style  string  with  one  integer parameter.  --batch-start start selects the page
       number to start naming files with. If this option is not given, the counter will start  at
       1.   --batch-count  count specifies the number of pages to attempt to scan.  If not given,
       scanimage will continue scanning until the scanner returns a state other than OK.  Not all
       scanners  with  document  feeders  signal  when the ADF is empty, use this command to work
       around them.  With --batch-increment increment you can change the amount that  the  number
       in  the  filename is incremented by.  Generally this is used when you are scanning double-
       sided documents on a single-sided document feeder.  A specific command is provided to  aid
       this:  --batch-double  will automatically set the increment to 2.  --batch-prompt will ask
       for pressing RETURN before scanning a page. This can be used for scanning  multiple  pages
       without an automatic document feeder.

       The  --accept-md5-only  option  only  accepts user authorization requests that support MD5
       security. The SANE network daemon (saned) is capable of doing such requests. See saned(8).

       The -p or --progress option requests that scanimage prints a progress  counter.  It  shows
       how  much  image  data  of  the  current  image has already been received by scanimage (in
       percent).

       The -n or --dont-scan option requests that scanimage only sets the options provided by the
       user  but  doesn't  actually  perform a scan. This option can be used to e.g. turn off the
       scanner's lamp (if supported by the backend).

       The -T or --test option requests that scanimage performs a few simple sanity tests to make
       sure the backend works as defined by the SANE API (in particular the sane_read function is
       exercised by this test).

       The -A or --all-options option requests that scanimage lists all available options exposed
       the  backend, including button options.  The information is printed on standard output and
       no scan will be done.

       The -h or --help options request help information.  The information is printed on standard
       output and in this case, no attempt will be made to acquire an image.

       The  -v  or  --verbose  options increase the verbosity of the operation of scanimage.  The
       option may be specified repeatedly, each time increasing the verbosity level.

       The -B or --buffer-size changes the input buffer size from 32KB to the number kB specified
       or 1M.

       The  -V  or  --version option requests that scanimage prints the program and package name,
       the version number of the SANE distribution that it came  with  and  the  version  of  the
       backend  that  it  loads.  Usually  that's  the dll backend. If more information about the
       version numbers of the backends are necessary, the DEBUG variable for the dll backend  can
       be used. Example: SANE_DEBUG_DLL=3 scanimage -L.

       As  you  might  imagine,  much  of  the power of scanimage comes from the fact that it can
       control any SANE backend.  Thus, the exact set of  command-line  options  depends  on  the
       capabilities  of  the  selected device.  To see the options for a device named dev, invoke
       scanimage via a command-line of the form:

              scanimage --help --device-name dev

       The documentation for the device-specific options printed by --help is best explained with
       a few examples:

        -l 0..218mm [0]
           Top-left x position of scan area.

              The  description  above  shows  that option -l expects an option value in the range
              from 0 to 218 mm.  The value in square brackets indicates that the  current  option
              value  is  0  mm.  Most  backends  provide  similar geometry options for top-left y
              position (-t), width (-x) and height of scan-area (-y).

        --brightness -100..100% [0]
           Controls the brightness of the acquired image.

              The description above shows that option --brightness expects an option value in the
              range  from  -100  to 100 percent.  The value in square brackets indicates that the
              current option value is 0 percent.

        --default-enhancements
           Set default values for enhancement controls.

              The description above shows that option --default-enhancements has no option value.
              It  should be thought of as having an immediate effect at the point of the command-
              line at which it appears.  For example, since this option resets  the  --brightness
              option, the option-pair --brightness 50 --default-enhancements would effectively be
              a no-op.

        --mode Lineart|Gray|Color [Gray]
           Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart or color).

              The description above shows that option --mode accepts an argument that must be one
              of  the strings Lineart, Gray, or Color.  The value in the square bracket indicates
              that the option is currently  set  to  Gray.   For  convenience,  it  is  legal  to
              abbreviate  the string values as long as they remain unique.  Also, the case of the
              spelling doesn't matter.  For example, option setting --mode col  is  identical  to
              --mode Color.

        --custom-gamma[=(yes|no)] [inactive]
           Determines whether a builtin or a custom gamma-table
           should be used.

              The  description  above  shows  that option --custom-gamma expects either no option
              value, a "yes" string, or a "no" string.  Specifying the option with  no  value  is
              equivalent  to  specifying  "yes".  The value in square-brackets indicates that the
              option is not currently active.  That is, attempting to set the option would result
              in  an  error  message.   The  set  of  available  options typically depends on the
              settings of other options.  For example, the --custom-gamma table might  be  active
              only when a grayscale or color scan-mode has been requested.

              Note  that  the  --help  option is processed only after all other options have been
              processed.  This makes it possible to see the option settings for a particular mode
              by  specifying  the  appropriate  mode-options  along  with the --help option.  For
              example, the command-line:

              scanimage --help --mode color

              would print the option settings that are in effect when the color-mode is selected.

        --gamma-table 0..255,...
           Gamma-correction table.  In color mode this option
           equally affects the red, green, and blue channels
           simultaneously (i.e., it is an intensity gamma table).

              The description above shows that option --gamma-table expects zero or  more  values
              in  the  range  0  to  255.   For  example,  a legal value for this option would be
              "3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12".  Since it's cumbersome to specify long  vectors  in  this
              form,  the  same  can be expressed by the abbreviated form "[0]3-[9]12".  What this
              means is that the first vector element is set to 3, the 9-th element is set  to  12
              and  the values in between are interpolated linearly.  Of course, it is possible to
              specify multiple such linear segments.  For example, "[0]3-[2]3-[6]7,[7]10-[9]6" is
              equivalent  to  "3,3,3,4,5,6,7,10,8,6".  The program gamma4scanimage can be used to
              generate such gamma tables (see gamma4scanimage(1) for details).

        --filename <string> [/tmp/input.ppm]
           The filename of the image to be loaded.

              The description above is an example of an option that  takes  an  arbitrary  string
              value (which happens to be a filename).  Again, the value in brackets show that the
              option is current set to the filename /tmp/input.ppm.

ENVIRONMENT

       SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE
              The default device-name.

FILES

       /etc/sane.d
              This directory holds various configuration files.  For details, please refer to the
              manual pages listed below.

       ~/.sane/pass
              This file contains lines of the form

              user:password:resource

              scanimage   uses   this   information   to   answer   user  authorization  requests
              automatically. The file must have 0600 permissions or stricter. You should use this
              file in conjunction with the --accept-md5-only option to avoid server-side attacks.
              The resource may contain any character but is limited to 127 characters.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7), gamma4scanimage(1), xscanimage(1), xcam(1),  xsane(1),  scanadf(1),  sane-dll(5),
       sane-net(5), sane-"backendname"(5)

AUTHOR

       David  Mosberger,  Andreas  Beck, Gordon Matzigkeit, Caskey Dickson, and many others.  For
       questions     and     comments     contact     the     sane-devel     mailinglist     (see
       http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html).

BUGS

       For  vector options, the help output currently has no indication as to how many elements a
       vector-value should have.

                                           10 Jul 2008                               scanimage(1)