NAME
scan - Scan pages for archive.
SYNOPSIS
scan {--scanner scannername} {--pagesource normal|adf} {--dpi integer} {--format string} isodate title {pageid} {subtitle}
Options:
--scanner A USB name or other scanimage device string
like "hp:libusb:001:004 [Default=umax or ENV{'Scanner'}]
-f | --format=str Scan format. The default is an A4 in
Portrait: P:8.5x13
First field is orientation, L or P, for
landscape or portrait.
Second field is size in inches across scanner
width.
Third field is size in inches down scanner
length.
--pagesource Normal or ADF [Default=Normal]
--dpi num Set the dpi value. [Default=150 or scanner specific]
--debug|-d Set $::DEBUG switch.
--help|-h Display help and exit.
--man Display man page and exit.
A USB name or other device name string acceptable to the scanimage program, for example, "hp:libusb:001:004". The default is "umax" unless overridden by the $SCANNER environment variable.
--pagesource sourcename
Set the page source. Currently ADF or Normal for the flatbed. The default is Normal.
--dpi num
Set the number of dots per inch. The default is 150 unless overriden for the Scanner type, ie 200 for an hp5590.
--help or -h
Display help message and exit.
--help or -h
Display man page message and exit.
DESCRIPTION
scan will scan a full color page of the specified size at the specified resolution from the specified page source on the specified scanner. The first arg is either a P or an L to specify that the page is in Portrait or in Landscape format. Landscape images will be rotated 90 degrees clockwise; Portrait images will be left as scanned. The result is stored as jpeg file in a specific naming format:
<startdate>{-<enddate>}-<title>-{p<startpage>{-<endpage>}}{-subtitle}.jpeg
For example:
20040812-FooGazette.jpeg
20040812-20040817-FooNotes.jpeg
20040812-FooGazette-p001.jpeg
20040812-FooGazette-p001-FooingForProfit.jpeg
Are examples of resulting names.
Examples
# Using the default scanner and A4 page size
scan 20080817 Scanner.pm-annotatedDMA
# Specifying the scanner and page format.
ScanBooklet --scanner "gt68xx:lubusb:001:003" L:12x17" \
20080817 Relativity-EinsteinEtAl
Errors and Warnings
None.
KNOWN BUGS
See TODO.
SEE ALSO
ScanBooklet, Scanner, Scanner::Job, Scanner::Page
AUTHOR
Dale Amon <amon@vnl.com>
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