Re: SANE default scanner
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 14:40:00 +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27):
> > https://linux.die.net/man/1/scanimage
> >
> > "The -d or --device-name options must be followed by a SANE device-name
> > like 'epson:/dev/sg0' or 'hp:/dev/usbscanner0'. A (partial) list of
> > available devices can be obtained with the --list-devices option (see
> > below). If no device-name is specified explicitly, scanimage reads a
> > device-name from the environment variable SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE. If this
> > variable is not set, scanimage will attempt to open the first available
> > device. "
>
> Thanks.
>
> Unfortunately, it does not work: for GUI tools, this environment
> variable pre-selects the device in the device selection dialog, but it
> does not make it appear if it is not detected (?!???@!%@?!!!?).
>
> Also, it works for only one scanner.
When xsane is run it searches for devices. If the deskjet_3050a is the
only one found, that is the one you will get. If there is more than one,
it presents you with choice.
--
Brian.
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