Thank you for the clarification -- I had forgotten about GraphicsMagick (a "fork" of ImageMagick). GraphicsMagick should be superior for a stable solution, and I should redo my tests using it.
I have not dug into the code of xsane. I suspect a command-line or script option could be "slapped in" relatively easily, but a useful graphical user interface would likely be much harder. I haven't looked for a list or forum for xsane issues, but that might be a good place to start.
Oh, and of course it always helps to be completely familiar with the existing software -- there are details and helpful hints at http://www.xsane.org/
P.S.: There are other front-ends to SANE, but xsane has always been very stable and predictable. I haven't looked at any other options lately, but one of them is called quiteinsane and I see it's still available in Ubuntu. I'm mentioning it because it's always possible another project has the features we are looking for.
Thank you for the clarification -- I had forgotten about GraphicsMagick (a "fork" of ImageMagick). GraphicsMagick should be superior for a stable solution, and I should redo my tests using it.
I have not dug into the code of xsane. I suspect a command-line or script option could be "slapped in" relatively easily, but a useful graphical user interface would likely be much harder. I haven't looked for a list or forum for xsane issues, but that might be a good place to start.
Oh, and of course it always helps to be completely familiar with the existing software -- there are details and helpful hints at http:// www.xsane. org/
P.S.: There are other front-ends to SANE, but xsane has always been very stable and predictable. I haven't looked at any other options lately, but one of them is called quiteinsane and I see it's still available in Ubuntu. I'm mentioning it because it's always possible another project has the features we are looking for.