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scanimage

Scan images with the Scanner Access Now Easy API. More information: http://sane-project.org/man/scanimage.1.html.
  • 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}}

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