[sane-devel] SANE and duplex ADF

[Simon Matter]

> Hi there,
>
> more a general question, assume you have a duplex ADF capable device and
> want to scan documents that are single sided, printed only on the front
> side.
>
> Now, scanning such a document both sides makes no sense, the back side
> would be plain white, or empty, it should be skipped.
>
> Can you make a duplex ADF device behave like a simplex ADF that scans
> only one side of a sheet?

For our Fujitsu devices there is the following option:

--source ADF Front|ADF Back|ADF Duplex [ADF Front]

I guess other scanners have something similar.

Simon

>
> Can this be done with SANE (imagescan) or do you make such a setting
> directly on your scanning device? Would be great to have such a choice
> with imagescan, this lets you choose from case to case.
>
> I may get an Epson XP-7100 which seems like a reasonably priced duplex
> ADF device.
>
> Thanks!
>