https://github.com/ig3/scanner-scripts

Scripts for scanning from my Brother scanner.
https://github.com/ig3/scanner-scripts

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Scripts for scanning from my Brother scanner.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ig3/scanner-scripts
• Owner: ig3
• Created: 2023-05-12T01:13:22.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-12T01:13:35.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-06T15:26:10.173Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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This is a collection of script for scanning from my Brother DCP-7065DN

scanner from Debian linux.

# Installation

Copy the scripts to any directory on your path.

For example, if ~/bin is on your path, copy them to ~/bin, otherwise

/usr/local/bin is likely to be on your path.

You will probably have to update the device. For my system, it is

`brother4:net1;dev0`.

To get a list of devices for your system run: `scanimage -L`, then update

the scripts with the name of your device.

# Dependencies

These scripts depend on:

 * scanimage: from package `sane-utils`

 * bc: from package `bc`

 * convert: from package `imagemagick`

# scan-duplex

This scans multiple pages of double sided documents, producing a single PDF.

Load the documents into the feeder then run `scan-duplex`. It will read

the front side of all pages then prompt you to flip the documents and

re-feed them. It will then read the back side of all documents and produce

a single PDF document as output.

Default output file name is YYYY-MM-DD-scan.pdf.

The output file name may be specified on the command line.

For example: `scan-duplex my-file.pdf`

# scan-multi

This scans multiple pages of single sided documents, producing a single PDF.

Load the documents into the feeder then run `scan-multi`. It will read

the front side of all pages then produce a single PDF document as output.

Default output file name is YYYY-MM-DD-scan.pdf.

The output file name may be specified on the command line.

For example: `scan-multi my-file.pdf`

# Errors

If you get error:

```

attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy PDF

```

This is an ImageMagick restriction.

See

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52998331/imagemagick-security-policy-pdf-blocking-conversion

Per this, in `/etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml` comment out the line that

blocks producing PDF output:

```

  

```