> I've tried scanning at the lowest res supported by the device with scanimage > (75dpi). Opening the .pnm file produced with Gimp I noticed that the > dimensions are exactly the ones of an A4, BUT resolution of the image is > 72dpi not 75!
that is only because the pnm format does NOT store the resolution, and gimp defaults to 72. So scaling it back to 75 I get the actual scanned portion > dimensions which is about 265mm x 205mm. > The problem shows up already in the preview "pre-scan" so at the lowest res. I dont want the physical dimensions, just the pixel size. Does reducing the -y parameter reduce the height? can you send us the output of scanimage --help allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"