Peter, you wrote > my scanner, which is so old and odd that it is not supported in Linux
What model of scanner? There are some generic scanner drivers, one of these may just need a bit of fiddling to make it serve your scanner. John -- John Palmer Preston near Weymouth, Dorset, England e-mail: [email protected] (plain text preferred) website: http://www.palmyra.me.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-09-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

