multipage_scan

#!/bin/sh

outname=$1
startdir=$(pwd)
timestamp=$(date +"%s")
tmpdir="scan-$timestamp"

cd /tmp
mkdir $tmpdir
cd $tmpdir

echo "################## Scanning ###################"
#mode can be Lineart, Gray or Color
scanimage --batch=out%d.tif --batch-prompt --format=tiff --mode Gray --resolution 300

echo "############## Converting to PDF ##############"
#Use tiffcp to combine output tiffs to a single mult-page tiff
tiffcp -c lzw out*.tif output.tif
#Convert the tiff to PDF
tiff2pdf -j  -o $startdir/$outname output.tif

echo "################ Cleaning Up ################"
cd ..
rm -rf $tmpdir
cd $startdir