{"id":9339,"date":"2019-09-12T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2019-09-12T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:51:16","slug":"gscan2pdf-2-5-6-released-with-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/09\/gscan2pdf-2-5-6-released-with-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"GScan2PDF 2.5.6 Released with Stability Improvements (How-to Install)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gscan2pdf-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6635\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gscan2pdf, GTK tool to produce PDF \/ DjVu from scanned document, released version 2.5.6 with stability improvements. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>Gscan2pdf 2.5.6 release highlights according to the changelog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prevent Negate from changing the alpha channel. <\/li>\n<li>Avoid image corruption with colour images when applying WhiteThreshold after BlackThreshold.<\/li>\n<li>Extended edit profile functionality in scan dialog to current scan options, when no profile selected. <\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t try to compress log file if it wasn&#8217;t created.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t blacklist empty device name<\/li>\n<li>Improve layout of multiple message dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t use tiff2pdf to create temporary PDF to check for pdftk.<\/li>\n<li>Fix <code>--import<\/code> option.<\/li>\n<li>Fix updating extended page numbering on scan dialog after changing document<\/li>\n<li>Fix printing.<\/li>\n<li>Set &#8220;wait&#8221; cursor while scan options are being loaded and &#8220;progress&#8221; cursor while scanning.<\/li>\n<li>Use gtk-3 cursors for ImageView widget<\/li>\n<li>Ghost scan button while scan options are being loaded and scanning.<\/li>\n<li>Fix bug storing responses from multiple message window when no responses had been stored before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install gscan2pdf 2.5.6 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~jeffreyratcliffe\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\">official Ubuntu PPA<\/a> has made the new release packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04 and their derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either by pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jeffreyratcliffe\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gscan2pdf-ppa-bionic-600x81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"81\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gscan2pdf-ppa-bionic-600x81.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gscan2pdf-ppa-bionic-450x61.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gscan2pdf-ppa-bionic.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade it through Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf-450x313.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade gscan2pdf\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf-450x313.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf-600x417.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, you can either install it via Synaptic Package Manager or by running following commands in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install gscan2pdf<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Remove:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove gscan2pdf, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gscan2pdf<\/pre>\n<p>And the PPA can be removed via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility, under Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gscan2pdf, GTK tool to produce PDF \/ DjVu from scanned document, released version 2.5.6 with stability improvements. 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