Gscan2pdf is a GUI app that lets you scan documents and save them as PDF and DjVu files. Its features include saving images in JPG, PNG, PPM, XPM, XBM, and BMP, autosave, presetting scan quality, document save location, and the ability to save parts of scanned documents as separate files.

Skanlite is a lightweight scanner utility brought to use with love from the KDE community. You can use it to scan files, make photocopies, create a fax, and use it as a GIMP plugin. It can even work with scanners that were designed for Mac and Windows systems thanks to the fact that it has no support for scanners on its own – but works with any scanner supported by the SANE library.

It is the most feature-rich scanner utility in this list so you might as well just end your search here. XSane is an application that allows you to control scanners using the SANE ( Scanner Access Now Easy) library. They are all free and open source so have a field day. It is for this reason that we bring you our list of the 5 Scanning Tools for the Linux desktop. But things don’t have to be that way because there are actually efficient scanner utility options that you can set up on your machine with ease.

From what I have gathered in forums, working with scanners on Linux desktops isn’t a pleasant experience.

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