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It tells the brscan-skey utility to call bash instead of sh, and it also has a bunch of new environment variables that can be used to control duplex scanning.Д«atchscan.py.

FilesД«rscan-skey-0.2.4-0.cfg This has to be copied to this precise directory: This is a fairly space efficient option, and typically converts scans that are several megabytes in size to a few kilobytes. scantoocr-odd-filelist.Д«atchscan.py also converts the scanned pnm files to jpg and then embeds it into a pdf. Once it is done scanning the even pages, it deletes. So if the file exists, it knows that it is scanning the even pages next.

When scanning odd pages, it stores the names of the scanned pages in this file. The way the script detects whether or not it is scanning the odd pages or the even pages is via a file in the output directory called.

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The script then produces a compiled pdf file with the pages in the right order. In this case, you have to scan all the odd pages, manually flip the paper stack over and put it back in the ADF, and hit the OCR scan button again on the scanner to scan the even.

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When run in manual mode, it assumes that the ADF is not capable of automatic duplex scanning. The -duplex option to batchscan.py takes two values: auto or manual. Instead, it runs batchscan.py in duplex mode. The most important difference is that when the OCR option is chosen on the scanner, batchscan.py no longer attempts to run optical character recognition software. batchscan.py scans in scanimage's batch mode, which allows you to scan a bunch of automatically named individual files from the ADF. My scripts replace Brother's scripts and are wrappers for the python script batchscan.py. This is not such a useful feature for me. When the OCR button is pressed, Brother's script also attempts to run an optical character recognition software. This is because I know bash better than sh.Д«rother's basic scripts are rudimentary and simply invoke the scanimage command. For compiling the image files into one pdf.

img2pdf seems to work best for embedding jpgs in pdfs.

If installing on Archlinux, use the debtap (Debian to Arch package) program to get an installable Archlinux package.

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Requires the Debian Brother scanner driver downloaded from Brother's website ( example).

They are a drop in replacement for the brother scripts, and eventually, will require minimal configuration.

Can detect default devices automatically.

Written in python, accepts many options, should be extensible.

The scripts also support scanners that do have duplex scanning ADFs. The python scripts produce a single pdf document in the right order. That is, if you have a single sided scanning ADF, you feed the facing pages first, then flip the scanned pile over, and scan the reverse pages.

Supports duplex scanning for Brother scanners, whether or not they support duplex scanning.

This is what my enhanced scripts aim to do. This operation should support duplex scanning, whether or not the scanner supports automatic duplex scanning.

A pdf of this document should automatically be saved on my computer in a folder of my choice.

The most important feature for me is to be able to walk to the printer, throw a document in the ADF and hit scan. In particular, they do not work too well with an (Automatic Document Feeder) ADF. The brscan-skey package contains a unix binary daemon that waits for the scanner to send it a message, and a bunch of bash/sh scripts that create scanned files on your PC.Д«rother's scripts are very basic, and do not do many of the things I need to have an effective network or USB scanner for my work. The brscan# package contains the binary driver for the scanner and various ini files.