Multiple page scan using scanimage

The --batch* options provide the features for scanning documents using document feeders. --batch [format] is used to specify the format of the filename that each page will be written to. Each page is written out to a single file. If format is not specified, the default of out%d.pnm (or out%d.tif for --format tiff) will be used. format is given as a printf style string with one integer parameter.

• --batch-start start selects the page number to start naming files with. If this option is not given, the counter will start at 0.

• --batch-count count specifies the number of pages to attempt to scan. If not given, scanimage will continue scanning until the scanner returns a state other than OK. Not all scanners with document feeders signal when the ADF is empty, use this command to work around them.

• With --batch-increment increment you can change the amount that the number in the filename is incremented by. Generally this is used when you are scanning double-sided documents on a single-sided document feeder.

• A specific command is provided to aid this: --batch-double will automatically set the increment to 2. --batch-prompt will ask for pressing RETURN before scanning a page. This can be used for scanning multiple pages without an automatic document feeder.

scanimage --format tiff --batch=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)_p%04d.tiff --resolution 150

Followed by convert *.tiff yourDocumentName.pdf if you need it to be a PDF

See scanimage --help for more options