m. allan noah ha scritto: >> 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 actual size in pixels is 624 x 840. Setting the -y actually reduces the height but to a wrong extent AFAIK: I've tried with "-y 100" but I obtained a 224 pixel high image.
Finally scanimage --help produces this output: Usage: scanimage [OPTION]... Start image acquisition on a scanner device and write PNM image data to standard output. Parameters are separated by a blank from single-character options (e.g. -d epson) and by a "=" from multi-character options (e.g. --device-name=epson). -d, --device-name=DEVICE use a given scanner device (e.g. hp:/dev/scanner) --format=pnm|tiff file format of output file -i, --icc-profile=PROFILE include this ICC profile into TIFF file -L, --list-devices show available scanner devices -f, --formatted-device-list=FORMAT similar to -L, but the FORMAT of the output can be specified: %d (device name), %v (vendor), %m (model), %t (type), and %i (index number) -b, --batch[=FORMAT] working in batch mode, FORMAT is `out%d.pnm' or `out%d.tif' by default depending on --format --batch-start=# page number to start naming files with --batch-count=# how many pages to scan in batch mode --batch-increment=# increase number in filename by an amount of # --batch-double increment page number by two for 2sided originals being scanned in a single sided scanner --batch-prompt ask for pressing a key before scanning a page --accept-md5-only only accept authorization requests using md5 -p, --progress print progress messages -n, --dont-scan only set options, don't actually scan -T, --test test backend thoroughly -h, --help display this help message and exit -v, --verbose give even more status messages -B, --buffer-size change default input buffersize -V, --version print version information Options specific to device `hpljm1005:libusb:003:032': --resolution 75|100|150|200|300|600|1200dpi [75] resolution -l 0..220mm [0] tl-x -t 0..330mm [0] tl-y -x 0..220mm [220] Width of scan-area. -y 0..330mm [330] Height of scan-area. --brightness 1..11 [6] Set the brightness --contrast 1..11 [6] Set the contrast --mode Gray|Color [Color] Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart, monochrome, or color). Type ``scanimage --help -d DEVICE'' to get list of all options for DEVICE. List of available devices: hpljm1005:libusb:003:032 Thanks for your help -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20090914/46b2f25b/attachment.htm>