Scan both sides of the page

Notes:

Depending on the application you are running, you can scan both sides of the page in several ways.

Application

Method

scanimage

In the command line, type scanimage -b --scan-both-sides=yes --ip-address=<printers_ipaddress>

scanadf

In the command line, type scanadf --scan-both-sides=yes --ip-address=<printers_ipaddress>

OpenOffice.org

  1. Start OpenOffice.org.

  2. From the OpenOffice.org menu, choose Insert step Picture step Scanstep Select Source... or Insert step Graphics step Scanstep Select Source....

  3. From Options, choose ip-address.

  4. Specify the IP address of your printer in the ip-address field.

  5. From Options, choose Image Settings step source.

  6. From the drop-down menu, choose Multiple Pages.

  7. From Options, choose Image Settings step scan-both-sides.

  8. Click the checkbox beside scan-both-sides.

  9. Click OK.

  10. From the OpenOffice.org menu, choose Insert step Picture step Scanstep Request... or Insert step Graphics step Scanstep Request.... The printer scans all pages. Then, the first page is imported into your document.

  11. From the OpenOffice.org menu, choose Insert step Picture step Scan step Request... or Insert step Graphics step Scan step Request... to import the second page, or until all the pages are imported into your document.

XSane

  1. In the command line, type xsane.

  2. From the XSane main window, choose Multiple Pages.

  3. From the menu bar, choose Windows step Show standard options.

  4. Specify the IP address of your printer.

  5. Make sure that the checkbox beside Scan both sides is selected.

  6. Click Scan. The first page of your document appears.

  7. Click Scan until all the pages of your document appear.

To have all the pages appear at once:

  1. From the XSane main window, choose Preferences step Setup.

  2. Click the Enhancement Tab.

  3. From the ADF Modus drop-down menu, choose Scan Multiple Page.

  4. Scan your document.