Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

[thelma@sys-concept.com]

On 12/09/2020 05:46 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> On 12/09/2020 05:09 PM, Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I have a flatbed scanner.  It's a old HP 4570.  I been using Skanlite to
>> scan pictures etc and it does a great job.  On occasion tho I have a
>> double sided document.  I know how to scan them, scan one side, flip
>> over and scan the back.  That's easy enough.  How do I print them the
>> same way tho?  Sometimes I use it like a copying machine basically. 
>> Scan in, then print.  I'm not quite sure how to print the double sided
>> stuff in one go tho. 
>>
>> If someone does the same as me, can you share how you print them two
>> sided?  My printer is duplex so I just need to import both sides and
>> tell it to print.  I'm just not sure what software does that and makes
>> it easy.
>>
>> Thoughts??
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :_)  :-) 
>>
> 
> Do you use XSane  to scan it?  You setup the printer in Setup menu under
> "Copy" and scan in duplex mode.  If you printer is setup by default to
> print duplex it will print it correctly, in duplex.  If not you will get
> two pages, it prints directly to a printer (the print windows doesn't
> pop-up).
> 
> I suggest to scan it first to a document and print it in duplex.

Correction. You have mentioned it is a flatbed scanner so you can not
scan in duplex mode.  Just create "multipage document" scan both sides,
save it and you should be able to print it in duplex mode.  I mostly use
PDF format for documents.