bulkscan.sh

#!/bin/bash

PAPEROPTS="-x 210mm -y 297mm"
SCANOPTS="${PAPEROPTS} --resolution 300 --format=tiff --mode Gray"

function die() {
  echo " !!!! $@ !!!!"
  exit 1
}

function scan_page() {
  count=$(( ${count} + 1))
  local n=$(printf "${template}" ${count})
  echo "Scanning page ${count} into '${n}'..."
  scanimage $SCANOPTS > "${n}.tiff" || die "Scanning error $?"
  convert "${n}.tiff" "${n}.pdf"
  rm "${n}.tiff"
  echo "${n}.pdf" >> scanlist.$$
}


read -p "Image prefix [contract]: " prefix

if [ -z "${prefix}" ]; then
  prefix="contract"
fi

template="${prefix}_%02d"
count=0

echo -n "Select paper source [ADF/flat]: "
read src

if [ "${src}" != "flat" ]; then
  SCANOPTS="--source ADF ${SCANOPTS}"
fi

echo "Press ENTER to start scanning"
read || exit 0

while true; do
  scan_page
  echo "Press ENTER to scan next page, 'q' to end scanning"
  read key
  if [ "${key}" = "q" ]; then
    break
  fi
done

gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="${prefix}.pdf" $(cat scanlist.$$)

rm -f scanlist.$$