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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 14:08:54
Message-Id: 20170506140836.GC1689@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane) by Neil Bothwick
1 170506 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 05 May 2017 22:05:26 -0400, allan gottlieb wrote:
3 >> I have an hp 8600 all-in-one and use net-print/hplip.
4 >> Printing is fine.
5 >> I use xsane for scanning, which also works well ...
6 >> I can't figure out how to use the sheet feeder for multipage scanning.
7 > I use gscan2pdf for that. I've used it to scan hundreds of pages
8 > into a single document, only stopping to top up the document feeder.
9
10 It wants to install 49 pkgs of Perl + 1 more as requirements (grimace).
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12 Why do PDF utilities seem to demand so much external support ?
13 -- 'pdftk' is very useful iff you're willing to install Java.
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Re: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane) Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>