scanimage command examples

scanimage – scan an image

To get a list of devices:

scanimage -L

To scan with default settings to the file image.pnm:

scanimage >image.pnm

To scan 100×100 mm to the file image.tiff (-x and -y may not be available with all devices):

scanimage -x 100 -y 100 --format=tiff >image.tiff

To print all available options:

scanimage -h