Ted

I have chased this down. In new versions of Ubuntu (at least 2.4.0 and up) Firefox is installed as a Snap with permissions that prohibit rendering local html files. Unfortunately Firefox does not drop an exit code, it just displays an error message. There is some discussion about fixing this. I don't know if this will happen. A workaround is to uninstall Firefox Snap and reinstall from .deb. Another possibility would be to convert the file to an .md file and okular will open it Okular is very likely...

Gscan2pdf is now working perfectly. The improvements from the earlier version are stunning. Thank you, Jeffrey!

With libimmage-sane-perl it succeeded in scanning a multipage from the NON-WSD scanner found. If I tried with WSD, crashed with sane_start:error during device I/O with Non- wsd scanner it dropped [image@ mac ] encoder did not produce proper pts, Making some up. [image@ mac ] the specified filename '/tmp/gscan2pdf-52gp/random#.pna does not contain an image sequence pattern or a patter is invalid [image@ mac ] use a pattern such as %03d for an images sequence or use the update-optins (with frames:...

Here is the log. It appears like there is a div/zero in there.

Brother scanner on network not functioning.

Documentation files

There are so many python pdf libraries - how do you choose? This page gives some ideas of the libraries available. https://martinthoma.medium.com/the-python-pdf-ecosystem-in-2023-819141977442 Obviously he favors pypdf and PyPDF2 for metadata. Ted On 4/19/2024 17:29:58, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: gscan2pdf currently uses PDF::Builder, not PDF::CREATE. It used to use PDF::API2, but I switched to PDF:Builder to improve the TIFF compression options. I am currently in the middle of a complete rewrite in...

Thanks for your quick replies. It is great to see an open source developer who is so attentive! Ted On 4/19/2024 17:33:36, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: I tend to scan and save in batches, which is why I find the current settings useful. However, I see that other people might have different workflows. I could add an option to blank the metadata when a new scan is made. [feature-requests:#138] https://sourceforge.net/p/gscan2pdf/feature-requests/138/ Remove previous scan's metadata for new scans Status:...