NAME

       xcam - a graphical camera frontend for SANE

SYNOPSIS

       xcam [--buffer|-B] [--version|-V] [--help|-h]

DESCRIPTION

       xcam provides a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner
       or a camera.  It allows scanning individual images and can be invoked directly from the command-line.

       xcam  acts  as  a stand-alone program that saves acquired images in a suitable PNM format (PBM for black-
       and-white images, PGM for grayscale images, and PPM for color images).

       xcam accesses image acquisition devices through the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) interface.   The  list
       of available devices depends on installed hardware and configuration.

       xcam presents a menu listing of all known and available devices.

OPTIONS

       If  the  --Buffer (-B) option is given, xcam will use a 1024 kByte input buffer instead of the default 32
       kByte.

       If the --version (-V) option is given, xcam will output its version number.

       The --help (-h) flag prints a short summary of options.

       SANE_DEBUG_XCAM
              This environment variable controls the debug level of xcam.   Higher  debug  levels  increase  the
              verbosity of the output.

                            Value  Descsription
                            0      print fatal errors
                            1      print errors
                            2      print warnings
                            3      print information messages
                            4      print everything

                            Example:
                            SANE_DEBUG_XCAM=3

FILES

       $HOME/.sane/xcam/devicename.rc
              For  each  device,  there is one rc-file that holds the saved settings for that particular device.
              Normally, this file should not be manipulated directly.  Instead, the user  should  use  the  xcam
              interface   to   select   appropriate   values  and  then  save  the  device  settings  using  the
              "Preferences->Save as default settings" menubar entry.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7), xscanimage(1), scanimage(1), sane-dll(5) and the backend manpages

AUTHOR

       David Mosberger-Tang

       Gerard Klaver (2005 update)

                                                19 February 2008                                         xcam(1)