[sane-devel] XSane: Grey-scale and line-art for "color-only" scanners?

[gerard klaver]

On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 13:32, Oliver Rauch wrote:
> XSane does not allow color->grayscale->lineart transformation.
> That is something that all scanners/backends should make available.
> 
> I will think about adding such a feature to xsane.
> 
> Oliver
> 
> Am Mon, 2004-10-04 um 10.18 schrieb Ullrich Sigwanz:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Is there a way to let XSane scan/view/store grey-scale or line-art, 
> > when there are only color scan modes for the backend available 
> > (as it is with the "niash" backend), 
> > or must the backend itself supply 
> > at least a grey-scale scan mode.
> > 
> > Thank you in advance
> > 
> > Ullrich

Workaround:
Use GIMP to startup XSANE then after scanning in submenu Gimp choice
image then choice mode and then choice color, gray or b/w to change 
scanning object.
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