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diff --git a/doc/iscan.man b/doc/iscan.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..10505b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/iscan.man @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.TH ISCAN 1 "2011-10-19" "Image Scan! for Linux" "User Commands" +.IX iscan +.SH NAME +iscan - Image Scan! for Linux SANE frontend +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Image Scan! for Linux +(iscan) provides a graphical user-interface to control +EPSON scanners. It allows the previewing and scanning of images. +.B iscan +can be invoked either from the command-line or +through the GIMP image manipulation program. + +When run from the command line, +.B iscan +acts as a stand-alone program that saves acquired images in PNM, PNG, +JPEG, TIFF, PCX or PDF format. Alternatively, acquired images can be sent +directly to a printer, provided your print system handles PNG natively. +CUPS and Photo Image Print System, versions 1.3.1 and later, do this. +LPRng and other LPD based printer systems may need a little help. +Refer to your print system's documentation for more information on how +to set this up. When run as a GIMP plugin, the images are passed to +the GIMP for further processing. + +.B iscan +accesses EPSON image acquisition devices through the SANE (Scanner +Access Now Easy) interface. + +.SH RUNNING UNDER THE GIMP +As of version 1.15.0, +.B iscan +is automatically registered as a +.BR gimp (1) +plugin if you install the binary package. In case it didn't (because +you built from source for example), you can register it yourself by +creating a symbolic link from the +.B iscan +binary to one of the +.BR gimp (1) +plug-ins directories. For example, for gimp-1.2.x the command +.PP +.RS +ln -s /usr/bin/iscan ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/ +.RE +.PP +adds a symlink for the +.B iscan +binary to the user's plug-ins directory. Your system administrator +can register it for all users by creating a symbolic link in the +.BR gimp (1) +system plug-ins directory. After creating such a symlink, +.B iscan +will be queried by +.BR gimp (1) +the next time it's invoked. From then on, +.B iscan +can be invoked through "Xtns->Acquire Image->Scanning (iscan)" menu +entry. +.SH PRINTER SETUP +When not using the default printer , it is necessary to input the +printer name from /etc/printcap into the Print Command field of the +Configuration dialog. For example, if the printer name is pm900c, +input the following command. +.PP +.RS +lpr -Ppm900c +.SH EPSON Scan! for Linux WORKFLOW +Use the following steps to scan an image with iscan. +.PP +.RS +.br +1. Select the document source. +.br +2. Select the image type. +.br +3. Preview the full page. +.br +4. Create a marquee (frame) of the image area to scan. +.br +5. Auto expose the selected area. +.br +6. Select the image destination. +.br +7. Scan the final image. +.RE +.SH SEE ALSO +gimp(1), gimptool(1), scanimage(1), sane-scsi(5), sane\-dll(5), +sane\-net(5), sane\-"backendname"(5) +.SH AUTHOR +Noriyoshi Sasaki and Peter Schretlen |