Setup

In the setup window the options for printer, saving, preview and fax are set. The setup window is opened via the menu Preferences/setup.
 
 
 
 
 

Printer options:


 

COMMAND:

Enter the command with which you print files. The command has to read the file from the standard input. If you use the bsd printing system, this is "lpr -", if you use the old printing system, this should be "lp -".

RESOLUTION:

With resolution you specify the resolution that shall be used for printing. It is not always necessary to set this value to the resolution of the printer. Especally in grayscale and color mode it normally is good to set this value to the half or the quarter of the printer resolution because the printer needs a greater resolution to do the dithering. This value does not effect a change of the image size, the image size only depends on the given zoom factor.

PRINT AREA (WIDTH, HEIGHT, LEFT OFFSET, BOTTOM OFFSET):

Each printer has it's own area size and position where it is able to print.

PRINTER GAMMA VALUES:

Addidtional gamma value for printing. The Printer gamma value is used for grayscale and as common value for color mode. The red, green and blue values are for color correction.

 

Saving options:



 
 
 
 
 

OVERWRITE WARNING:

If enabled, a warning comes up before an existing file is overwritten.

INCREASE FILENAME COUNTER:

If enabled, the number in the filename of the following form is automatically increased after a scan is completed:
image-001.ext
The number of digits is free and will not be changed, in case of an overflow, a warning is printed and the counter becomes 0.
If an automatic document feeder is used the filename should contain a counter and this option should be enabled.

SKIP EXISTING NUMBERS:

If increase filename counter is enabled, filenames that already exist are skipped!

JPEG IMAGE QUALITY:

If the image is saved in jpeg format this value defines the quality of the image. Low values mean low quality and low file size, high values mean high quality and high file size.

PNG IMAGE COMPRESSION:

If the image is saved in png format this value defines the compression level. The quality of the image keeps the same, low values mean low compression, large files and low compression time. High values mean high compression, smaller files and high compression time.

 

Display options:



 
 
 
 
 
 

PRESERVE PREVIEW IMAGE:

Preserve the preview image for the next program start. The last preview image is displayed on the next program start, you don`t need to redo the preview scan.

USE PRIVATE COLORMAP:

If enabled and if the X server runs in 8 bit mode (256 colors) then the preview uses an own color map.

PREVIEW GAMMA:

Set the gamma correction value for the preview image. This is to get correct colors on your monitor.

HELPFILE VIEWER:

Enter a program to show the helpfiles. It must be a html-viewer. If you enter the keywrod "netscape-remote", xsane uses a already running netscape to show the onlinehelp. If you run kde, you may want to enter "kdehelp" here.


 
 
 
 

Fax options:


COMMAND:

Enter command to send/spool faxfiles. E.g. this can be the command "sendfax" from hylafax or mgetty+sendfax.

RECEIVER OPTION:

Option to set receiver phone number or address.

POSTSCRIPTFILE OPTION:

If there is an option that must be set before the filenames of the faxfile or if it is necessary to specify an option for files in postscript format, enter this option - otherwise let this field free.

NORMAL MODE OPTION:

If there is an option to set normal mode (98lpi) then enter this option - otherise let this field free.

FINE MODE OPTION:

If there is an option to set fine mode (196lpi) then enter this option - otherise let this field free.

VIEWER:

Enter a program to show the postscript fax files on the screen. E.g. this can be ghostscript or xv.

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