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I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500. I want to scan a document (sales slip) that is overly long (about 50cm) but quite narrow.
So, I hoped the scanner would just pull it through and give me the whole image as one. Alternatively it would have been fine to give me the document as multiple scans and I would have to stitch it together then.
But when I attempt to scan it pulls in half the document and then aborts with an error message: "Dokumenteinzug blockiert" which translates to "document tray blocked". The scanner won't do anything until I open the tray and remove the document.
I use a Debian Linux and have the packages
ii xsane 0.999-2 amd64 featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
ii xsane-common 0.999-2 all xsane architecture independent files
Is cutting it into shorter pieces an option? – DavidPostill – 2015-10-18T09:30:27.487
@DavidPostill No. The document needs to be in one piece. I can't fold it either because its a multi document scanner so it will un-fold it automatically and only pull in one side. – Angelo Fuchs – 2015-10-18T10:49:32.660
@DavidPostill I need to restate my previous comment: cutting is not functioning, but I found a way where folding works. See my answer. – Angelo Fuchs – 2015-10-18T20:45:45.267
I wonder what the scanner manual says about it. Also, did you try asking Fujitsu? It's clearly a very useful option and exactly the one I would expect this scanner to be suitable for. – texnic – 2015-11-13T12:35:32.270
@texnic Scanner manual didn't cover it. I did not try asking Fujitsu. – Angelo Fuchs – 2015-11-13T12:43:17.217