It packs a few more features than Simple Scan but it's still comparatively light. You need to go into Simple Scan's preferences to change those settings. On top of that, Simple Scan uses a set of global defaults for scanning, like 150 dpi for text and 300 dpi for photos. That said, Simple Scan can be slow, even if you scan documents at lower resolutions. After you've scanned a document or photo, you can rotate or crop it and save it as an image (JPEG or PNG only) or a PDF. Simple Scan is easy to use and packs a few useful features. It's the default scanner application for Ubuntu and its derivatives like Linux Mint. It's what I've used extensively and found useful.įirst up, Simple Scan. Keep in mind that the software discussed below is hardly an exhaustive list of the scanner software that's available for the Linux desktop.
Let's take a look at a three simple but flexible Linux scanning tools. Free online course: RHEL Technical Overview.
