You could have a look at josi scan lite, as itt displays a preview of your scan. It requires Java to run and is still in it's infancy but check it out if you're interested. More info at http://www.objects.com.au/products/josi.
mick Christoph Kukulies wrote: > What I'm wondering about is why xsane doesn't show the actual > scan either in the preview window or in an extra window. > I assume this is aim of further development but in the present state > using xsane is a bit, let me say, unusual, when it requires > an extra program (like xv) to view the actual scan afterwards. > > Please don't get me wrong, I appreciate the work being done > on sane, xsane and other frontends (which I haven't seen yet). > > May also be that I'm missing something again.