Multiple page scan using scanimage
The --batch*
options provide the features for scanning documents using document feeders. --batch [format]
is used to specify the format of the filename that each page will be written to. Each page is written out to a single file. If format is not specified, the default of out%d.pnm
(or out%d.tif
for --format tiff
) will be used. format is given as a printf
style string with one integer parameter.
--batch-start
start selects the page number to start naming files with. If this option is not given, the counter will start at 0.--batch-count
count specifies the number of pages to attempt to scan. If not given, scanimage will continue scanning until the scanner returns a state other than OK. Not all scanners with document feeders signal when the ADF is empty, use this command to work around them.With
--batch-increment
increment you can change the amount that the number in the filename is incremented by. Generally this is used when you are scanning double-sided documents on a single-sided document feeder.A specific command is provided to aid this:
--batch-double
will automatically set the increment to 2.--batch-prompt
will ask for pressing RETURN before scanning a page. This can be used for scanning multiple pages without an automatic document feeder.
scanimage --format tiff --batch=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)_p%04d.tiff --resolution 150
Followed by convert *.tiff yourDocumentName.pdf
if you need it to be a PDF
See scanimage --help
for more options