[PLUG] question on automating a scan to computer operation

[Ben Koenig]

It also sounds like a lot of this could be simplified into a series of command line steps that can be run over SSH. I don't know what the GIMP steps are, but chances are that the initial scan to the folder could be completed without leaving the scanner by using a laptop to SSH into the desktop. 

You could then either run GIMP to perform whatever edits are necessary at the desktop all at the same time. Or if all you are doing is a format conversion, there are probably commandline tools that could do the same thing at the moment of the scan.

Either way, using SSH from a mobile device while standing at the scanner would eliminate the walking without drastically changing the overall workflow. 

-Ben


On Saturday, February 8th, 2025 at 8:26 PM, Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used to have that printer/scanner - I have not explore it - because as
> long as I kept paper in the feeder, it would just keep scanning.
> 
> That of course assumes that you are using the feeder, not the flat bed.
> 
> As I have said, I have never tried it - if I recall it correctly - the
> scanner can sent pages to samba/cifs folder. If you setup one on your linux
> host and configure it on the printer/scanner.
> 
> I hope that my memory serves me right and you find it helpful.
> 
> These days I use fujitsu/ricoh fi-xxxx scanners. They have superior paper
> handling and speed about 60 double sided sheets per minute at 300dpi. That
> said they are pricey and are not flatbed type, but they last.
> 
> -T
> 
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 19:08 American Citizen website.reader3 at gmail.com
> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I have a Hewlett Packard Officejet Pro 8600 scanner/fax/printer/copier
> > connected to a LAN.
> > 
> > Has anyone been able to get a LAN-connected scanner to automate scanning
> > to a Linux OS folder, from the scanner itself? (computer and printer are
> > on a LAN)
> > 
> > I spent over 205 mins today manually scanning 107 pages of 8.5" by 11"
> > sheets, and had to walk over 107 roundtrips from my scanner to my
> > desktop, which was about a 50 ft roundtrip and this is physically tiring.
> > 
> > I would like to automate this, if possible, by only feeding in sheets at
> > the HP scanner/printer, instead of manually kicking off xsane to import
> > into GIMP and doing several manual commands in GIMP.
> > 
> > If you have done this, please give an explanation of how you got this to
> > work? My OS is OpenSuse Leap 15.5 linux
> > 
> > Randall