---
name: "simple-scan"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "simple-scan"
version: "50.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/simple-scan"
---

# simple-scan(1)

Scanning utility

## NAME

simple-scan - Scanning utility

## SYNOPSIS

**simple-scan \[***DEVICE***\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **simple-scan** command.

**Document Scanner** is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.

**Document Scanner** has been written with GTK+ libraries, and after installing the application you can run it from the **Applications** menu.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

- **-d, --debug**

  Print debugging messages.

- **-v, --version**

  Show release version.

- **-?, --help**

  Show help options.

- **--help-all**

  Show all help options.

- **-d, --help-gtk**

  Show GTK+ options.

## AUTHOR

simple-scan was written by Robert Ancell \<robert.ancell@canonical.com\>.

This manual page was written by Alessio Treglia \<quadrispro@ubuntu.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).