gscan2pdf
Linux graphical program for scanning documents and saving them as PDF or DjVu files.
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About gscan2pdf
gscan2pdf scans one or more pages through SANE and saves the selected pages as a PDF or DjVu file, with TIFF export as well. It can also import existing PDF, DjVu and image files to work with their pages.
Command-line options let you pick a specific scanner device, such as one on a remote machine that does not advertise itself, and set logging levels. It suits Linux users digitising paper documents.
Strengths
- Scans straight to PDF or DjVu
- Uses SANE, so it works with many scanners
- Imports existing PDF, DjVu and image files
Limitations
- Linux only
- Plain, dated interface
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree open-source software packaged by Linux distributions such as Debian.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users scanning paper documents into PDFs
- Categories
- PDF tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Document Scanner is GNOME's minimal scanning app saving PDFs or images on Linux, with fewer advanced options and no DjVu output or PDF import.
Paperwork
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Paperwork scans or imports papers into a searchable document library with automatic labels, running on Linux and Windows rather than just saving individual PDFs.
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