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xscanimage (1)

Name

xscanimage - scan an image

Synopsis

xscanimage  [--version|-V]  [--help|-h] [--display d] [--no-
xshm] [--sync] [devicename]

Description




User Commands                                       xscanimage(1)



NAME
     xscanimage - scan an image

SYNOPSIS
     xscanimage  [--version|-V]  [--help|-h] [--display d] [--no-
     xshm] [--sync] [devicename]

DESCRIPTION
     xscanimage provides a graphical user-interface to control an
     image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner or a cam-
     era.  It allows previewing and scanning invidual images  and
     can  be  invoked  either  directly  from the command-line or
     through The GIMP image manipulation program.  In the  former
     case,  xscanimage  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).  In the latter case, the images are directly passed
     to The GIMP for further processing.

     xscanimage  accesses  image  acquisition devices through the
     SANE (Scanner Access  Now  Easy)  interface.   The  list  of
     available devices depends on installed hardware and configu-
     ration.  When invoked without an explicit  devicename  argu-
     ment,  xscanimage presents a dialog listing of all known and
     available   devices.    If    the    environment    variable
     SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE  is set to the devicename, the device is
     preselected in the dialog. To  access  an  available  device
     that  is  not  known  to  the system, the devicename must be
     specified explicitly. The format of devicename  is  backend-
     name:devicefile (e.g. umax:/dev/sga).

RUNNING UNDER THE GIMP
     To  run  xscanimage under the gimp(1), simply copy it to one
     of the gimp(1) plug-ins directories.  If you  want  to  con-
     serve  disk-space,  you  can  create a symlink instead.  For
     example, for gimp-1.0.x the command

     ln -s /usr/bin/xscanimage ~/.gimp/plug-ins/

     and for gimp-1.2.x the command

     ln -s /usr/bin/xscanimage ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/

     adds a symlink for the xscanimage binary to the user's plug-
     ins directory.  After creating this symlink, xscanimage will
     be queried by gimp(1) the next time it's invoked.  From then
     on, xscanimage can be invoked through "File->Acquire->Xscan-
     image->Device dialog..." menu entry.

     You'll also find that the  "File->Acquire->Xscanimage"  menu
     contains  short-cuts to the SANE devices that were available
     at the time xscanimage was queried.  For example, the  first



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     PNM  pseudo-device  is  typically available as the short-cut
     "File->Acquire->Xscanimage->pnm:0".    Note   that   gimp(1)
     caches these short-cuts in ~/.gimp/pluginrc.  Thus, when the
     list of available devices changes (e.g., a  new  scanner  is
     installed),  then  it is typically desirable to rebuild this
     cache.  To do this, you can either touch(1)  the  xscanimage
     binary  (e.g.,  "touch  /usr/bin/xscanimage")  or delete the
     plug-ins cache (e.g., "rm ~/.gimp/plug-ins").   Either  way,
     invoking  gimp(1)  afterwards  will cause the pluginrc to be
     rebuilt.

OPTIONS
     If the --version (-V) option is given, xscanimage will  out-
     put its version number.

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

     The  --display  flag selects the X11 display used to present
     the graphical user-interface (see X(1) for details).

     The --no-xshm flag requests not to use shared memory images.
     Shared  memory  images usually enhance performance but cause
     problems with some  buggy  X11  servers.   Unless  your  X11
     server  dies  when running this program, there is no need or
     advantage to specify this flag.

     The --sync flag requests a synchronous connection  with  the
     X11 server.  This is for debugging purposes only.

ENVIRONMENT
     SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE
          The         default        device-name.        Example:
          SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE="hp:/dev/scanner".

     SANE_DEBUG_XSCANIMAGE
          This environment  variable  controls  the  debug  level
          xscanimage.  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_XSCANIMAGE=3

FILES
     $HOME/.sane/xscanimage/xscanimage.rc
          This files holds the user preferences.  Normally,  this



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          file  should not be manipulated directly.  Instead, the
          user should customize the program through the  "Prefer-
          ences" dialog.

     $HOME/.sane/xscanimage/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 xscanimage interface to  select
          appropriate  values  and  then save the device settings
          using the "Preferences->Save Device  Settings"  menubar
          entry.

     $HOME/.sane/preview-devicename.ppm
          After  acquiring  a  preview, xscanimage normally saves
          the preview image in this device-specific file.   Thus,
          next  time  the  program is started up, the program can
          present the old preview image.   This  feature  can  be
          turned    off    through    the   "Preferences->Preview
          Options..." dialog.

     /usr/share/sane-style.rc
          This system-wide file controls the aspects of the user-
          interface  such as colors and fonts.  It is a GTK style
          file and provides fine control over the visual  aspects
          of the user-interface.

     $HOME/.sane/sane-style.rc
          This  file  serves  the same purpose as the system-wide
          style file.  If present, it takes precedence  over  the
          system wide style file.


ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:

     +---------------+-----------------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |         ATTRIBUTE VALUE           |
     +---------------+-----------------------------------+
     |Availability   | image/scanner/xsane/sane-frontend |
     +---------------+-----------------------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted                       |
     +---------------+-----------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
     sane(7), gimp(1), xcam(1), scanimage(1),  scanadf(1),  sane-
     scsi(5), sane-dll(5), sane-net(5), sane-"backendname"(5)

AUTHOR
     Tristan  Tarrant, Andreas Beck, David Mosberger, and Henning
     Meier-Geinitz




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NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community  source  was  downloaded  from    ftp://ftp2.sane-
     project.org/pub/sane/sane-frontends-1.0.14/sane-fron-
     tends-1.0.14.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open    source   community   website   at   http://www.sane-
     project.org/.













































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