tldr/pages/linux/scanimage.md

scanimage

Scan images with the Scanner Access Now Easy API. More information: http://sane-project.org/man/scanimage.1.html.

• List available scanners to ensure the target device is connected and recognized:

scanimage -L

• Scan an image and save it to a file:

scanimage --format={{pnm|tiff|png|jpeg}} > {{path/to/new_image}}