tldr/pages/linux/scanimage.md

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|--list-devices]}}

• Scan an image and save it to a file:

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

• Specify the device to scan from:

scanimage {{[-d|--device]}} {{device_name}} > {{path/to/new_image}}

• Specify resolution for the scanned image (default resolution is 75dpi):

scanimage --resolution {{300}} > {{path/to/new_image}}