# Flat bed scanner image input to Processing

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/flat-bed-scanner-image-input-to-processing/41663>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [April 9, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/flat-bed-scanner-image-input-to-processing/41663 "2023-04-09T16:46:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeffmarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jeffmarc](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeffmarc)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/flat-bed-scanner-image-input-to-processing/41663/1 "2023-04-09T16:46:22Z")

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Has anyone found a lib or way to communicate with a usb flatbed scanner to scan and input images for processing program directly?  
I don’t want to use a different app to scan the images, I want to scan them with processing and load the image for further analysis.  
Thanks  
Jeff Marc