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From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 23:23:05
Message-Id: 877f1th8ol.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane) by allan gottlieb
1 On Fri, May 05 2017, allan gottlieb wrote:
2
3 > I have an hp 8600 all-in-one and use net-print/hplip.
4 > Printing is fine.
5 >
6 > I use xsane for scanning, which also works well ...
7 >
8 > ... except I can't figure out how to use the sheet feeder for multipage
9 > scanning.
10 >
11 > I can select multipage and can the scan each page singly and hit
12 > "save multipage file". This works. But I can't put say 10 pages in the
13 > feeder, hit something, get coffee, and find a 10 page document on my
14 > computer.
15 >
16 > In case it is relevant, I run gentoo stable / gnome-3 / systemd.
17 >
18 > thanks in advance,
19 > allan
20
21 I received many helpful replies, each of which recommend a tool other
22 than sane. Is the point that sane can't use the document feeder or just
23 that you prefer (or simply have used) other tools.
24
25 thanks,
26 allan

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane) Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] scanning using the sheet feeder (HP 8600 + xsane) Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>