[sane-devel] how do I use scanner hardware sensors (e.g. scan button)?

Arthur Hebert arthur at evcl.com
Mon Jan 18 22:49:18 UTC 2010


Hello,

I have setup SANE to work with my Fujitsu fi-6130 scanner. How do I use SANE
to work with my scanner's "Scan" button? The regular command,

scanimage --format tiff > foo.tiff
>

works as expected. However, the command

scanimage --format tiff --scan=yes > foo.tiff
>

results in the error

scanimage: unrecognized option `--scan=yes'
>


My system is Mac OS X 10.5. The command scanimage --help produces output,
which includes awareness of the hardware sensors:

>
> ... <snip>

  Sensors:
>     --top-edge[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Paper is pulled partly into adf
>     --a3-paper[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         A3 paper detected
>     --b4-paper[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         B4 paper detected
>     --a4-paper[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         A4 paper detected
>     --b5-paper[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         B5 paper detected
>     --page-loaded[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Page loaded
>     --omr-df[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         OMR or double feed detected
>     --cover-open[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Cover open
>     --power-save[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Scanner in power saving mode
>     --email[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Email button
>     --manual-feed[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Manual feed selected
>     --scan[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Scan button
>     --function <int> [0] [hardware]
>         Function character on screen
>     --double-feed[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware]
>         Double feed detected
>     --error-code <int> [0] [hardware]
>         Hardware error code
>     --skew-angle <int> [0] [hardware]
>         Requires black background for scanning
>
> Type ``scanimage --help -d DEVICE'' to get list of all options for DEVICE.
>
> List of available devices:
>     fujitsu:fi-6130dj:90080
>

Thanks,
Arthur
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