NAME

 scan - Scan pages for archive.

SYNOPSIS

scan {--scanner scannername} {--pagesource normal|adf} {--dpi integer} {--format string} isodate title {pageid} {subtitle}

 Options:
  --scanner         A USB name or other scanimage device string 
                    like "hp:libusb:001:004 [Default=umax or ENV{'Scanner'}]
  -f | --format=str      Scan format. The default is an A4 in 
                              Portrait: P:8.5x13
                              First field is orientation, L or P, for 
                              landscape or portrait.
                              Second field is size in inches across scanner 
                              width.
                              Third field is size in inches down scanner 
                              length.
  --pagesource      Normal or ADF [Default=Normal]
  --dpi num         Set the dpi value. [Default=150 or scanner specific]
  --debug|-d        Set $::DEBUG switch.
  --help|-h         Display help and exit.
  --man             Display man page and exit.

A USB name or other device name string acceptable to the scanimage program, for example, "hp:libusb:001:004". The default is "umax" unless overridden by the $SCANNER environment variable.

--pagesource sourcename

Set the page source. Currently ADF or Normal for the flatbed. The default is Normal.

--dpi num

Set the number of dots per inch. The default is 150 unless overriden for the Scanner type, ie 200 for an hp5590.

--help or -h

Display help message and exit.

--help or -h

Display man page message and exit.

DESCRIPTION

scan will scan a full color page of the specified size at the specified resolution from the specified page source on the specified scanner. The first arg is either a P or an L to specify that the page is in Portrait or in Landscape format. Landscape images will be rotated 90 degrees clockwise; Portrait images will be left as scanned. The result is stored as jpeg file in a specific naming format:

  <startdate>{-<enddate>}-<title>-{p<startpage>{-<endpage>}}{-subtitle}.jpeg

For example:

  20040812-FooGazette.jpeg
  20040812-20040817-FooNotes.jpeg
  20040812-FooGazette-p001.jpeg
  20040812-FooGazette-p001-FooingForProfit.jpeg

Are examples of resulting names.

Examples

 # Using the default scanner and A4 page size
 scan 20080817 Scanner.pm-annotatedDMA

 # Specifying the scanner and page format.
 ScanBooklet --scanner "gt68xx:lubusb:001:003" L:12x17" \
             20080817 Relativity-EinsteinEtAl

Errors and Warnings

 None.

KNOWN BUGS

 See TODO.

SEE ALSO

ScanBooklet, Scanner, Scanner::Job, Scanner::Page

AUTHOR

Dale Amon <amon@vnl.com>