-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If you buy a new scanner don't to check the supported devices list: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
Dick Angus wrote: > I have an HP 3180 Printer-copier-scanner. It's less than a year old and the > scanner seems to have packed it in. All I get is a series of coloured strips > like bad 60s wall paper. It doesn't matter if I try to scan colour or black > and white I still get the coloured stripes. I have tried it with three > different scan packages - XSane, Kooka, and VueScan, under Kubuntu 7.10. All > 3 show the same result so I'm assuming the scanner is toast. I was going to > need new cartridges in the next few days and with the price of cartridges > that would almost cover the cost of a new device. Doesn't that seem a little > crazy? > > If I am correct, and I don't know how to prove I'm not, and it is scrap I'm > stuck about buying just a scanner and a printer as separate devices or > getting another of the combined beasts? The printer component seems to be > still working so I suppose I could still use it? > > Also, my wife has a mini-Mac and if I bought a bluetooth enabled printer or > copier could we easily share them between us with out having to build a > network with a print server? Both computers are in the same room and very > close to the printer. > > TIA > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH6THawRXgH3rKGfMRAnBQAKCHX13yk/+epmDtMi8gwylEcCMzGwCdFSST 6Luw19zYJlgYH7IijtDUmNo= =OUQ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
