scan to temporary file can run out of space

Bug #1302697 reported by Tim Waugh
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Bug Description

hp-scan writes PNG output to a mkstemp-created file. This file can be quite large, so on systems that have limited /tmp storage (e.g. it's a RAM filesystem such as tmpfs) that can cause problems.

Better to use e.g. /var/tmp for files that may need larger storage.

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