I've been using a Mustek 1200 UB for several years with no problems. Resolution is less than you specify (I think 600X1200), but for faxing and document scanning, it's more than enough. Even for OCR, I don't use the highest resolution.
It sells for about 250 Shekels. NOTE that there is a similar model (Mustek 1200 UB Plus) that is also supposed to be supported by Linux (I haven't tried it), but I understand it's NOT as good (despite what looks like an "improved" version - "plus"). I do know that the "plus" version uses a different chip set, so it is a different beast. On Sunday 18 March 2007 20:26, Shlomi Fish wrote: > On Sunday 18 March 2007, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > > Hello folks! > > > > I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner <= NIS 1000, mostly as a > > fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is > > required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ > > as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with > > what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields > > about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. > > I find that hard to believe. > > > > The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or > > better, 48 bit color and A4 size. > > I have a Canon CanoScan Lide 20 which has been working very well with my > Mandriva system and XSane. CanoScan Lide 25 which is probably a similar > model is available from http://www.plonter.com/ for 319 NIS and has a SANE > driver. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > > I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. > > > > Regards, > > > > Daniel -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
