Scanbook

A Python command-line tool for turning page scans into a nice black-and-white PDF.

Installation

1. Install Imagemagick
2. pip install scanbook
3. Make sure the Python binary path is in your $PATH.

Pipless installation

1. python setup.py install instead of pip install scanbook

Dependencies

• click
• opencv-python
• scikit-image
• Imagemagick (convert)

Usage

scanbook BOOKNAME FILENAMES...

Example: scanbook war-and-peace *.jpg

Options:

• --threshold NUM -- set the threshold value, if the images are turning out too light or too dark; must be an odd number (default: 19)
• --no-cleanup -- leave the __BOOKNAME folder (handy if you want to do anything with the processed image files)
• --verbose

Example: scanbook --verbose --threshold 27 --no-cleanup war-and-peace *.jpg