What is XSane?
XSane is a new improved frontend for SANE.
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Whats new in XSane 0.20:
Improved Preferences/setup Added selection of up to 10 printers in photocopy mode. Added gamma correction for printer. Improved gamma correction for preview (monitor). If file could not saved an error message is printed. For more news read CHANGES.XSANE. Features:
Scan and photocopy function. Works as GIMP-plugin. Unique user interface for all scanners. 8 bit output formats: pnm, png, postscript, jpeg and tiff. Experimental 16 bit support. 16 bit output formats: pnm(ascii), png and raw(comparable to pnm raw). Automatic increase of filename counter (use filename of the form: image-001.ext) Changes of color enhancement (gamma, brightness, contrast, white-, gray- and black point) are updated in preview window without a new preview-scan! Gamma correction for preview (monitor) and printer. Color enhancement for scanners/backends that do not support custom gamma. Autoadjust-function for gamma, contrast and brightness. Requirements:
sane-1.0 installed gtk-1.0.x installed (1.1.x and 1.2.x do not work) for jpeg-support: jpeglib for png-support: libpng and zlib for tiff-support: libtiff
How to compile/install:
Unpack archiv. Enter xsane-0.xx directory. To compile call ./configure and make. To install call make install as root. Call xsane. If you get an error message that libsane-dll.so.1 is not found, you have to tell your system where the SANE-libraries are installed. For linux: edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add a line with the path to the libraries (normally /usr/local/lib/sane), then call ldconfig as root. For online help you need netscape, on some SuSE systems there only is "Netscape" and no "netscape" in the path, in this case you have to set a symbolic link: ln -s /usr/bin/Netscape /usr/bin/netscape
Download xsane-0.20.tar.gz
Bug-reports welcome! Suggestions for options/functions/outfit are welcome! Planned functions:
Pick black and white point form preview. Improve preview (zoom, change window size). Fax frontend. Support automatic document feeder. For more see: TODO.XSANE