The author of XSane is not a member of this mailing list, try contacting him directly. You might try gscan2pdf and see if you prefer its behavior.
allan On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:01 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an HP Officejet 5740 which is an all-in-one with two scanning > methods available - ADF and flatbed. I'm currently running Xubuntu > 14.04.4 LTS with all the latest updates, and xsane version 0.998 > (2010!). > > I love that sane handles this, but there are two settings that I > cannot seem to control and they drive me up the wall every time I > start xsane and don't remember I have to control this. > > Whenever I start xsane up for the first time with this scanner, it > defaults to whatever feeder and resolution I had it set for last, > which is fine. > > However, if I change from the current feeder (whether ADF or Ftalbad), > it defaults to 75dpi for either new source, and size A for the > flatbed, or "actual size" (legal) for the ADF. > > I routinely scan in forms that I need to fill-in and later print out > on the same size paper I was given, which here in the US is routinely > letter size (8.5"x11"), almost always in portrait layout, and 75dpi is > not enough for a good reproduction for printing. > > I can't believe it would be too hard to add a couple of settings so > the user could control these defaults such that: > > 1) I can tell xsane, use 200dpi as the default on EVERY scan, > regardless of feeder (or at least a setting for each feed method), so > if I switch feeders, my defaults take priority. > > 2) I can tell xsane to use a specific size of my choice WITHOUT having > to invoke the preview pane and set it manually when I change feeders > in either direction and back. > > It seems to me that if it can remember what I set it to with the > preview window when I switch between the feeders the first time in > either direction, it should be able to record this so the next time I > change feed methods, it will restore what I had set for that feeder's > defaults. > > I may be alone in this method of user xsane, but I can't believe that > no one ever switches feeders between scans in a single session of use, > or that people actually like having the software control what the > resolution and paper size is, regardless of the reality of the paper. > > Is that even a possibility? Is there another method (bugzilla?) where > I can make this request and have it addressed (any response, even a > yes or no, would be nice)? > > I really like xsane and from what I've seen, it works better than any > other free scan software for Linux, but with the above deficiencies, > it feels substandard. I don't even have any software to compare it to > since I never use other OSes for this type of function, although my > photocopiers don't seem to be so deficient in their recognition of > paper size (and higher default resolution - the norm is 200 on most > photocopier/scanners Ive used in the last 20 years). > > Thank you for your time and anticipated response. > MR > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org -- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand" -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org