scanning documents with CanoScan N1240U on OSX
Haha, the drivers from Canon did not work on my machine.
:-(
After googling I found a nice tutorial how to use sane with my CanoScan.
The needed packages where from Mattias Ellert.
Install the packages in this order:
- libusb
- SANE Backends
- SANE Preference Pane
- TWAIN SANE Interface
on a shell do the following to detect your scanner:
scanning a A4 page on the command line with scanimage:
:-(
After googling I found a nice tutorial how to use sane with my CanoScan.
The needed packages where from Mattias Ellert.
Install the packages in this order:
- libusb
- SANE Backends
- SANE Preference Pane
- TWAIN SANE Interface
on a shell do the following to detect your scanner:
sane-find-scannerSo I had to add these lines at the [usb] section in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf:
[usb] 0x04A9 0x220E
device libusb:004:003-04a9-220e-ff-00
scanning a A4 page on the command line with scanimage:
scanimage -x 210 -y 297 --format tiff > test.tiffhave fun with you scanner...
Kommentare
jezek
@ 17.08.2008 15:45 UTCYou can also include the resolution of the can in dpi:
scanimage -x 210 -y 297 --resolution 150 --format tiff > test.tiff
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