This section explains how to start ScanGear from a terminal software and scan a document.
When the machine scans a document from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder), it scans without providing a preview.

Scanning from the platen

1. Place the document face-down on the platen glass.

2. Enter the following from the command line of a terminal software.

[user@zzz /yyyy]$ scangearmp

ScanGear is started and the [Basic Mode] tab is displayed.

If more than one ScanGear compatible products are connected, the [Select Model] dialog box is displayed. Select a model you want to use and click the [OK] button. ScanGear is started.

3. Click the [Preview] button.

 

The preview image is displayed in the preview area.

4. Configure setting items as required.

For details on how to configure setting items, see the [Basic Mode] tab.
For details about how to adjust the image brightness and color, see the [Advanced Mode] tab.

 

5. Click the [Scan] button.

The [Save Scan Image] dialog box is displayed.

6. Select a file type from among "PNG", "PDF", and "PNM", specify the file name and directory, and then click the [Save] button.

 

The scan is started and the scanned data is saved as a file.

Scanning from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)

1. Set documents of the same size together on the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) of this machine.

The document sizes that can be scanned from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) are as follows:

- A4, Letter, A5, B5, Legal

The documents that can be scanned from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) in Basic Mode are fixed to the following standard sizes depending on the selected language:

- English (United States): Letter

- Other than English (United States): A4

2. Enter the following from the command line of a terminal software.

[user@zzz /yyyy]$ scangearmp

ScanGear is started and the [Basic Mode] tab is displayed.

If more than one ScanGear compatible products are connected, the [Select Model] dialog box is displayed. Select a model you want to use and click the [OK] button. ScanGear is started.

3. Choose [Select Source] to select the document type for which you will be using the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder).

You will not be able to preview documents, select the output size, or adjust the cropping frame.
Specify other settings as necessary.

For details on how to configure setting items, see the [Basic Mode] tab.
For details about how to adjust the image brightness and color, see the [Advanced Mode] tab.

 

4. Click the [Scan] button.

The [Save Scan Image] dialog box is displayed.

5. Specify the file name and directory, and then click the [Save] button.

Only PDF can be selected for [Save as type].

 

The scan is started and the scanned data is saved as a file.

If you started ScanGear from the terminal software, the images scanned from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) are saved together in one PDF file.