If you use "convert"[1], you should use the parameter "-density" with a
decent value. "150" was always good enough for me:
$ convert -density 150 *.png some_document.pdf
Also, XSane is capable of creating multipages, while scanning[2].
-Ramon
[1]
From the package "media-gfx/imagemagick"
Hi Alan,
On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:40:11 +
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Gentoo,
>
> I'm back again after something kicked me off the mailing list some while
> ago.
>
> I have a problem, in that I need to join several PDFs or jpegs output
> from xsane (the scanner program) into a single
I use pdfjam (which is in app-text/texlive-core) for this sort of
thing, and it's pretty fantastic. It's pretty dependency heavy if you
dont already use texlive though, as it's using texlive's pdfpages as
its backend. So if you're a latex user I'd go that way, if not use
one of the other
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Gentoo,
>
> I'm back again after something kicked me off the mailing list some while
> ago.
>
> I have a problem, in that I need to join several PDFs or jpegs output
> from xsane (the scanner program) into a single document.
>
> I don't know which program can do this
On 25/11/2022 17:49, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
Alan,
On Friday, 2022-11-25 16:40:11 +, you wrote:
...
I have a problem, in that I need to join several PDFs or jpegs output
from xsane (the scanner program) into a single document.
For joining PDFs I use "pdftk" from "app-text/pdftk".
I've
Alan,
On Friday, 2022-11-25 16:40:11 +, you wrote:
> ...
> I have a problem, in that I need to join several PDFs or jpegs output
> from xsane (the scanner program) into a single document.
For joining PDFs I use "pdftk" from "app-text/pdftk".
Sincerely,
Rainer
A quick google reveals that someone else has run into this situation before:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2507766/merge-convert-multiple-pdf-files-into-one-pdf
Does this solution work for your use case?
Gregory 'Rudi' Rudolph
r...@nmare.net
(518) 888-6156
Hello, Gentoo,
I'm back again after something kicked me off the mailing list some while
ago.
I have a problem, in that I need to join several PDFs or jpegs output
from xsane (the scanner program) into a single document.
I don't know which program can do this for me. Would somebody please
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