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Simple script(s) for using USB-powered scanners with the Raspberry Pi. This was created after readingthis cool article about someone using a pocketCHIP withscanimage. The article has a broken-link to the GitHub repo, but you can findtheir code/tutorial here.

A more in-depth tutorial of what I did to go mobile with a Raspberry Pi 3, for scanography,can be found here.

Want to just get up and running? Here we go!

When using Raspbian Stretch as an OS,scanimage is not included by default. Let's get it.

# Update and Install SANE# SANE: Scanner Access Now Easysudo apt install sane

Clone the repo and make the script executable:

git clone https://github.com/ScriptAutomate/pi-scanography.gitchmod +x pi-scanography/scanography.sh

Execute the script:

~/pi-scanography/scanography.sh

This will do the following:

• Create ascans directory in thepi-scanography directory, if there isn't one already. This is where scans are output.
• Create a configuration file in thescans directory for a connected scanner, if there isn't already a configuration file present. This will be named after the type of scanner, as the device name (ex.genesys:libusb:001:005) can change each time it is connected to the Pi, but the device type does not (ex.Canon LiDE 110 flatbed scanner). An example configuration file in this case would be~/pi-scanography/scans/.Canon-LiDE-110-flatbed-scanner
• Run a scan with the output file placed in thescans directory, with a naming convention ofscan$NUMBER.jpeg -- ex.scan4.jpeg

From the terminal, one can view a generated image withgpicview scans/scan4.jpeg