I don't know if this fixes your problem, but you should put the argument to the --source option in quotes:
--source "Automatic Document Feeder" This is necessary for all options that have spaces in them. Karl Heinz > Hi, > > I have the problem: "scanimage" utility (sane-backends) doesn't work > with ADF. > > Command used: > scanimage -v --batch=sheet%d.tif --batch-start=0 --batch-count=3 --mode > Gray > --resolution 600 --source Automatic Document Feeder -x 202 -y 203 > --eject --auto-eject=on > > When the command started, scanner begins to scan in Flatbed mode. It > scans 3 times and the program creates 3 TIF files. But it doesn't use > the paper in ADF. > > However, if there is no paper in ADF, the program gives the messages: > > Scanning 3 pages, incrementing by 1, numbering from 0 > Scanning page 0 > [epson] ADF: no paper > scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument > scanimage: read 0 bytes in total > Scanned page 0. (scanner status = 4) > > ...and completes the work. > > Hardware configuration: > Scanner Epson Expression 1640XL, model G650C. > Interface used - SCSI. > Automatic Document Feeder Epson, model EU-45 (A3 size). > Computer - Dell Workstation Precision 530, Dual Xeon 2,0 GHz, RAM 512 > Mb. > SCSI adapter - Adaptec AVA 2906 PCI. > > Software: > OS - Linux (RH 7.3), Kernel 2.4.18-3smp. > sane-backends-1.0.8-5 > xsane-0.88-1 > sane-frontends-1.0.8-2 > > Bye, Alexandre. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sane-devel mailing list > sane-de...@www.mostang.com > http://www.mostang.com/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel
