Dell 1600n network scanner driver 1.2 review

Dell 1600n network scanner driver is a driver for network scanning using a Dell 1600n Printer/Scanner/Fax/Copier. It is implemente

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Dell 1600n network scanner driver is a driver for network scanning using a Dell 1600n Printer/Scanner/Fax/Copier.

It is implemented as a Perl script. In principle, this means that it should be cross-platform.

It has been tested under Linux (Debian) and Windows (NT4 with Cygwin) on Intel. Supported formats are TIFF and JPEG. With an external program (e.g. ImageMagick convert), PDF is supported.

Here are some key features of "Dell 1600n network scanner driver":
TIFF and JPEG network scanning using a Dell 1600n MFP.
PDF scanning support via an external program (eg: ImageMagick convert)

Requirements:
in order to work out of the box you'll need "convert" (for PDF conversion) and "mutt" (for email) installed. If are you missing either of these but have some equivalent then have a look around the global variables near the start of the script (eg: %main::emailCmd and %main::pdfConvertCmd). Hopefully all will become clear.

Usage:

Download the script to a convenient location. Run with no arguments for usage like:
jon@jon:~$ ~/code/dell1600n-net-scan/dell1600n-net-scan.pl

Usage: code/dell1600n-net-scan/dell1600n-net-scan.pl < options >

Main Options:

--help : show this help
--find : discover Dell 1600n broadcasting on the network.
--listen < p > : register and listen for requests from Dell 1600n < p >

Sub Options:
--win32 : required for --find to work under Windows
--scan-dir < d > : scanned images will be scanned to this directory
--scan-prefix < p > : scan filenames will be prefixed with < p >
--debug : print lots of debug output
--email < a > : email files to address < a > (requires $main::emailCmd to be set)
--name < n > : override client name (appears in scanner display)
--single-session : exit after first scan session
--multi-session : listen for scan documents until killed
--force-pdf : convert all scans to PDF (requires $main::pdfConvertCmd to be set)
--option < o > : Select option < o >. The following are available:
tgz = Write scanned files to a tgz archive

What's New in This Release:
Parameter changes, eg: --multi-session instead of --multi-doc. (Legacy usage will still work though).
Changed "convert" pdf conversion to specify -compress zip. Apparently Adobe Acrobat versions