NAME

       xcam - a graphical camera frontend for SANE

SYNOPSIS

       xcam [--buffer|-B] [--version|-V] [--help|-h]

DESCRIPTION

       xcam provides a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner
       or a camera.  It allows scanning individual images and can be invoked directly from the command-line.

       xcam acts as a stand-alone program that saves acquired images in a suitable PNM format  (PBM  for  black-
       and-white images, PGM for grayscale images, and PPM for color images).

       xcam  accesses  image acquisition devices through the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) interface.  The list
       of available devices depends on installed hardware and configuration.

       xcam presents a menu listing of all known and available devices.

OPTIONS

       If the --Buffer (-B) option is given, xcam will use a 1024 kByte input buffer instead of the  default  32
       kByte.

       If the --version (-V) option is given, xcam will output its version number.

       The --help (-h) flag prints a short summary of options.

       SANE_DEBUG_XCAM
              This  environment  variable  controls  the  debug level of xcam.  Higher debug levels increase the
              verbosity of the output.

                            Value  Descsription
                            0      print fatal errors
                            1      print errors
                            2      print warnings
                            3      print information messages
                            4      print everything

                            Example:
                            SANE_DEBUG_XCAM=3

FILES

       $HOME/.sane/xcam/devicename.rc
              For each device, there is one rc-file that holds the saved settings for  that  particular  device.
              Normally,  this  file  should  not be manipulated directly.  Instead, the user should use the xcam
              interface  to  select  appropriate  values  and  then  save  the   device   settings   using   the
              "Preferences->Save as default settings" menubar entry.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7), xscanimage(1), scanimage(1), sane-dll(5) and the backend manpages

AUTHOR

       David Mosberger-Tang

       Gerard Klaver (2005 update)

                                                19 February 2008                                         xcam(1)