Scan images with the Scanner Access - scanimage

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Scan images with the Scanner Access Now Easy API. More information: scanimage.1.

  • List available scanners to ensure the target device is connected and recognized:

scanimage -L

  • Scan an image and save it to a file:

scanimage --format={{pnm|tiff|png|jpeg}} > {{path/to/new_image}}