Scan options

• Viewer mode
• Save mode
• Copy mode
• Multipage mode
• Fax mode
• E-mail mode
• Gimp plugin

• Gamma correction
• Brightness
• Contrast
• Threshold
• RGB default
• Negative
• Autoenhancement
• Default
• Restore
• Store
• Histogram window
• Pipette functions

• Pipette white
• Pipette gray
• Pipette black
• Unzoom
• Zoom out
• Zoom in
• Undo zoom
• Autoselect scanarea
• Autoraise scanarea
• Select visible area
• Delete preview cache
• Preset area
• Rotation
• Aspect ratio
• RGB values
• Select scanarea
• Move scanarea

• Empty batch list
• Open batch list
• Save batch list
• Add area to list
• Remove selection
• Rename selection
• Rotate image
• Mirror image

• Copy setup
• Display setup
• Enhancement setup
• Fax setup
• Filetype setup
• E-mail setup
• Saving setup
• Color management setup

Here you find a description of the available scan options in the XSane main window. If an option is available depends on the scanner model, available hardware extensions, the scanmode and the xsane mode.




   ADF-Pages:

Select the number of pages that shall be scanned. You can use this with an automatic document feeder (ADF) or by changing the papers by hand while the scanhead moves back.

   Scansource:

Select scansource, e.g.: Flatbed, Transparency, Automatic Document Feeder.

   Scanmode:

Select scanmode, e.g.: color, grayscale, halftone, lineart.

   Medium selection:

Select scanmedium, e.g.: slide, standard negative, Agfa negative, ... or Full range.

   Scan resolution:

Select resolution that is used for scanning. If the backends makes available a range of resolutions (e.g. 100-600 dpi) XSane can display a slider or a list of resolutions. You select this via Preferences/Show resolution list.
The backend can define a list of resolutions insted of a range, in this case it is not possible to enable the slider.

To select exact resolutions with the slider click the slider with the mouse pointer and use the cursor keys to change the value in small steps, if you press ctrl and a cursor key the resolution is changed in larger steps.