scanner-cli

A MacOS/Linux CLI client for scanning documents using a network scanner supporting the Mopria Alliance eSCL Scan Technical Specification

Outputs PDF files.

Known to work with at least:

• Brother DCP-L3550CDW
• Brother MFC-L2710DW
• Canon Pixma G3260
• HP DeskJet 4640 series
• HP OfficeJet Pro 9000 series
• HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 series

Installation

From PyPI:

pipx install escl-scanner-cli

Locally:

pip install .

Publishing to PyPI

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
rm -rf dist/*
python -m build
python -m twine upload dist/*

TODOs

• Use click for CLI parsing
• Automatic publishing to PyPI

Usage

escl-scan output_filename.pdf

positional arguments:
  filename

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --source {feeder,flatbed,automatic}, -S {feeder,flatbed,automatic}
  --grayscale, -g
  --resolution {75,100,200,300,600}, -r {75,100,200,300,600}
  --debug, -d
  --no-open, -o
  --quiet, -q
  --duplex, -D
  --today, -t           Prepend date to file name in ISO format