[sane-devel] Duplex Scanning using XSane

[m. allan noah]

well, that would depend on the scanner, and the backend, which you did
not tell us :)

allan

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Shyam Rath <shyamr at lexmark.com> wrote:
> Thanks Allan.
> I am currently evaluating gscan2pdf.
> By the way we could do a duplex scan via Xsane using a Network Scanner,
> but for USB the Single Page/Multi Page seems to be hidden, so we have no
> clue how to go ahead with Duplex Scan.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Shyam S Rath,
> Mac, U/L Scan Team, India.
> x71060
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> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:03 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Your backend should expose an option which enables duplex. Some
>> backends use a boolean for this, my backends have a string option
>> called 'source' which will list the available sources for images: 'ADF
>> Front', 'ADF Back', 'ADF Duplex', 'Flatbed', etc.
>>
>> Xsane is not really designed for multipage document scanning. It will
>> work if you set the page counter equal to, or higher than the number
>> of images you will get from your batch. This requires counting or
>> guessing, and is less than ideal.
>>
>> A better frontend for multipage scanning is gscan2pdf. You might wish to
>> try it.
>>
>> allan
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Shyam Rath <shyamr at lexmark.com> wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > I am new to SANE back-end development.
>> > I need help on how to do a Duplex Scanning from Xsane as a user.
>> > Also how the back-end should collaborate with the Xsane for Duplex
>> > Scanning.
>> >
>> > Can anybody refer to any document which can guide me.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks & Regards,
>> >
>> > Shyam S Rath,
>> > Mac, U/L Scan Team, India.
>> > x71060
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