tldr/pages/linux/scanimage.md

# scanimage

> Scan images with the Scanner Access Now Easy API.
> More information: <http://sane-project.org/man/scanimage.1.html>.

- List available scanners to ensure the target device is connected and recognized:

`scanimage {{[-L|--list-devices]}}`

- Scan an image and save it to a file:

`scanimage --format {{pnm|tiff|png|jpeg}} > {{path/to/new_image}}`
scanimage: add page (#3543) 2019-11-12 23:14:50 -05:00			`# scanimage`

			`> Scan images with the Scanner Access Now Easy API.`
			`> More information: <http://sane-project.org/man/scanimage.1.html>.`

			`- List available scanners to ensure the target device is connected and recognized:`

linux*: refresh old pages part 1 (#16251) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2025-04-25 04:34:04 +03:00			`scanimage {{[-L\|--list-devices]}}`
scanimage: add page (#3543) 2019-11-12 23:14:50 -05:00
			`- Scan an image and save it to a file:`

linux*: refresh old pages part 1 (#16251) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2025-04-25 04:34:04 +03:00			`scanimage --format {{pnm\|tiff\|png\|jpeg}} > {{path/to/new_image}}`