On 10/31/2017 02:53 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 27/10/17 22:03, ToddAndMargo wrote: >> On 10/25/2017 12:48 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > [...snip...] >> So poop. Now I get to figure out why my scanner takes EIGHT >> scans every time I ask for one. xscan is cumbersome to >> use at its best. I may switch to Simple Scan for most of >> everything. I get tired of having to fix stuff all the >> time, but it is my job, so I should quit bitching and >> be glad I have a job ... > > Generally, I use simple-scan for most of my scans. If I want really > high quality scans where I want to manipulate the scan in gimp or > similar, then I use xsane. > > Depending on the quality settings in XSane, it might do several scans. > And each time you zoom in/out and refresh the preview it will most > commonly also do a re-scan. So I'd have a closer look at the DPI > settings and quality settings. > > But generally, simple-scan does, in my experience, a very decent job - > despite lots of knobs, whistles and bells are hidden or simply not > available. The most annoying thing for me is that it too often wants to > save the scan as JPEG instead of PDF by default (but not always). And > that cropping could be set to a default value as well, but setting that > before the first scan will most commonly be kept for the following scans. > > I will have a shot at it Thursday. Thank you for the feed back!