1xcam(1)                     General Commands Manual                    xcam(1)
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NAME

6       xcam - a graphical camera frontend for SANE
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SYNOPSIS

9       xcam [--buffer|-B] [--version|-V] [--help|-h]
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DESCRIPTION

13       xcam  provides  a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisi‐
14       tion device such as a flatbed scanner or a camera.  It allows  scanning
15       invidual images and can be invoked directly from the command-line.
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17       xcam  acts  as  a  stand-alone  program that saves acquired images in a
18       suitable PNM format (PBM for black-and-white images, PGM for  grayscale
19       images, and PPM for color images).
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21       xcam  accesses  image  acquisition  devices  through  the SANE (Scanner
22       Access Now Easy) interface.  The list of available devices  depends  on
23       installed hardware and configuration.
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25       xcam presents a menu listing of all known and available devices.
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OPTIONS

29       If  the --Buffer (-B) option is given, xcam will use a 1024 kByte input
30       buffer instead of the default 32 kByte.
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32       If the --version (-V) option is given, xcam  will  output  its  version
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35       The --help (-h) xcam flag prints a short summary of options.
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37       SANE_DEBUG_XCAM
38              This  environment  variable controls the debug level xscanimage.
39              Higher debug levels increase the verbosity of the output.
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41                            Value  Descsription
42                            0      print fatal errors
43                            1      print errors
44                            2      print warnings
45                            3      print information messages
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48                            Example:
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FILES

53       $HOME/.sane/xcam/devicename.rc
54              For each device, there is one rc-file that holds the saved  set‐
55              tings  for  that  particular device.  Normally, this file should
56              not be manipulated directly.  Instead, the user should  use  the
57              xcam  interface  to  select appropriate values and then save the
58              device settings using the  "Preferences->Save  as  default  set‐
59              tings" menubar entry.
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SEE ALSO

63       sane(7),  xscanimage(1), scanimage(1), sane-dll(5) and the backend man‐
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AUTHOR

67       David Mosberger-Tang
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69       Gerard Klaver (2005 update)
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73                                 11 April 2005                         xcam(1)