On 2025-09-20, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a new HP all-in-one printer I can use to scan to PDF. Unfortunately
> I haven't found any Debian app that can produce multiplle-page PDF scans.
> The only app I have any scanning success with is XSane (its docs are not
> good, nor is its
> user interface).
Really? I use simple-scan, which produces multi-page scans on my
ScanPrisa 640U my épouse bought at the brocante.
I also use simple-scan and it works with out issues.
> The PDF Tool kit (pdftk) can be used if you're smart enough to decipher the
> man page, but I created a Raku module that does the trick of combining PDFs
> with a much friendlier CLI (thanks to my New Zealand Raku and Debian
> friend David Warring and his wonderful PDF modules).
I use pdfunite now. It's not very complex. 'pdfunite file1 file2 file3
my3pagepdf.pdf'