On Tuesday 02 October 2007, Ed Nisley wrote: > > look at what's supported for the SANE drivers in CVS > > I've been scanning the Techbargains feed for scanners for a > few years now and, without exception, there are -no- > current cheap-after-rebate scanners that appear on the SANE > list. It's not that they've been tested & found wanting, > they don't even appear on the list.
Actually, it's generally difficult to find a cheap scanner that's currently sold that is supported by the SANE drivers. The cheap scanners come and go relatively quickly, and Linux developers don't go out and buy one of every scanner in order to run off and make drivers for them. Therefore driver development tends to lag in terms of which scanners are currently sold. Just for the heck of it I went through the list of scanners that were being sold at one location and compared with the list of SANE drivers in CVS. Newegg sells one scanner that has "Good" SANE support: the Cannon CanoScan Lide 25, which goes for $60. The Visioneer OneTouch 7300 [$75] is also has "Good" SANE support, but is currently out of stock. > Maybe I must just pay the "Linux tax" and buy something at > full retail, eh? Getting good Linux support [for scanners] is difficult enough in and of itself. This used to be the case with lots of types of devices, but in many areas Linux has actually cought up and even surpassed support for other OS's. I mean -- try getting some of this stuff working with Win98... -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 3 - Security and Privacy Nov 7 - Django Python Application Framework
