--autofeed

Use the automatic document feeder to acquire the pages. If the TWAIN device is equipped with a document feeder, the --autofeed option must be used to use the document feeder. If the --autofeed option is not specified, the flatbed portion of the device is used (if the device has a flatbed scanning option).

Note that some devices can only scan using a feeder, while other devices do not have feeders, therefore the --autofeed option will have no effect on these devices. Only if the scanner has both feeder and flatbed options will the --autofeed option have any effect.

If you have a device that has both a document feeder and flatbed portion of the scanner, the --autofeedorflatbed option allows you to use the flatbed portion of the scanner automatically if there is no paper in the document feeder.

Default Setting:

Document feeder is not used for devices that can acquire images without a feeder.