Lexmark x1180 Scanner Arch/Manjaro

readme.md

Making Lexmark x1180 scanner work on Manjaro/Arch linux:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SANE
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/sane/

Install sane

yaourt -S sane --noconfirm

You may need to unplug and plug the scanner in order to make sane discover it.

List the scanner devices detected by sane:
scanimage -L

Start scanning:
scanimage --format=png > "1.png"

Note: You may need to add the param --device $DEVICE if sane detects more than one device, where $DEVICE is the desired device.

scan.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Simple and not optimized script made to scan multiple files and not worry about the filename

# Place this script at $HOME/Scans/scan.sh
# Run it with sudo `sudo ./scan.sh` (scanimage requires sudo permissions)

# You need to check and change to the specified device you want to be the scanner
# Run `scanimage -L` and paste the desired device.
# Example:
  # $ scanimage -L
  # device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Integrated Camera: Integrated C virtual device
  # device `lexmark:libusb:002:016' is a Lexmark X1100/rev. 2C flatbed scanner
# in this case I copy lexmark:libusb:002:016 to scanner_device variable 

# PS: The png created may have permission issues since it's created by root
# in order to fix it run this command inside ~/Scans/
# $ sudo chown $USER *.png

scanner_device="lexmark:libusb:002:016"

filename=1

while :
do
  echo "Type any key to continue or CTRL+C to stop it:"
  read

  echo "Checking file existence"
  while [ -f "~/Scans/${filename}.png" ]
  do
    echo "${filename} already exists"
    echo "Changing to another filename: $(filename+1)"
    filename=$((filename+1))
  done

  echo "File does not exists, proceeding to scanning"
  echo "Scanning to file ${filename}.png"
  scanimage --device $scanner_device --format=png > "${filename}.png"
  filename=$((filename+1))
  echo "Done scanning."
done