---
name: "primaxscan"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "primaxscan"
version: "0.93beta3-10+b1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/primaxscan"
---

# primaxscan(1)

## NAME

primaxscan

## USAGE

primaxscan \[options\] primaxscan -f filename.tiff primaxscan -h

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  shows this message

- **-v** \[LEVEL\] , **--verbose=\[LEVEL\]**

  increase debugging output

- **-P** PORT, **--port**=PORT

  Hex-address of the parallel-PORT (378)

- **-s** SPEED, **--speed**=SPEED

  SPEED of the carriage {0,1,2...15}

- **-S** RES, **--Scanner**=RES

  max. optical RESolution of the Scanner {300,600} dpi

- **-V**, **--version**

  display version

- **-p** LxT, **--pos**=LxT

  position form Left x Top in inch

- **-d** WxH, **--dim**=WxH

  Width x Heigth of scan area in inch (max. 8.50 x 11.70)

- **-c** C, **--contrast**=C

  Contrast {(-2000)..(1000)}

- **-b** B, **--brightness**=B

  Brightness {(-200)..(200)}

- **-g** G, **--gamma**=G

  Gamma {(0.2)..(5)}

- **-r** RES, **--res**=RES

  RESolution in dpi (max. 300) see option -S

- **-f** NAME, **--file**=NAME

  NAME for tiff-file

- **-C** val, **--Compression**=val, **val**=0

  switches compression off

- **-l** on/off, **--lamp**=on/off

  turn lamp on/off

- **-D**, **--RED**

  only RED-channel

- **-E**, **--BLUE**

  only BLUE-channel

- **-N**, **--GREEN**

  only GREEN-channel

- **-R**, **--RGB**

  24-Bit RGB-mode (default)

- **-G**, **--GRAY**

  8-Bit GRAY-mode

- **-B**, **--BW**

  1-Bit Black-White-mode (possible with all other modes)

## SEE ALSO

http://primax.sourceforge.net/faq.html

## AUTHORS

- Software authors:

  Marco Foglia \<marco@foglia.org\> Thomas Schano \<Schano@t-online.de\> Christian Ordig \<chr.ordig@gmx.net\>

- Manual author:

  Ola Lundqvist \<opal@debian.org\>

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