[LUNI] help with SANE and HP Officejet 5610xi

[Walter]

Have you tried Xsane? Other than receiving faxes, I've done exactly what
you describe, with XSane and a Brother MFC-3240.

scanimage should also do what you want from the command line, but I've
never used. Xsane is just too easy.

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 05:06 -0500, Carey Tyler Schug wrote:
> Having trouble wading through documentation for SANE software.
> 
> I installed the Officejet, and can print OK.
> 
> I installed the basic SANE software, and it recognizes the scanner.
> 
> I am looking for basic scanning, using sheet feed.  KISS is fine, just 
> something to sit and read every document put into the sheet feeder, 
> naming them sequentially (I can rename them later and/or figure out how 
> to put them into a database, or link them from a spreadsheet).
> 
> I guess I also need to set the bits per inch, color density, etc. in 
> order to do this.  I am scanning handwritten sheets with notes, some 
> original, some photocopies.
> 
> Long term, it would be nice to accept faxes in the same way, assuming 
> that is even possible.
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Here is what shows from looking for the device:
> 
> carey: scanimage -L
> device `hpaio:/usb/Officejet_5600_series?serial=CN6CFD51R304B2' is a 
> Hewlett-Packard Officejet_5600_series all-in-one
> 
> -- 
> Carey Tyler Schug

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Walter <we3 at sprynet.com>