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: [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to [email protected]
