My scanner stopped working as Debian upgraded. it still works with Debian Lenny (old stable), but not with Squeeze (stable) or wheezy (testing). The problem seems to be that the scanner violates some aspects of the USB protocol, by sending a cancel signal after every scan. The newer kernels apparently have a more unified USB handler that handles cancel signals; whereas in lenny each device handled its own.
Now either I stay with lenny, or I get a new scanner, I suppose. We cold also use a good colour printer. My wife is an artist, and the printer she was using has moved out of the house with my daughter. Now my wife is enamoured with the convenience of a combination scanner/colour printer. Now there's no problem going to a local office supply store and seens oodles or printers, scanners, and combo machines. What I want to know is, which ones work well with Linux these days, which are affordable, and which ones are really *good*. I'm not that crazy about the one I still use on Lenny. I have documents with faint text I can read clearly but the scanner simply does not pick up. Neither does my son's scanner, nor a commercial photocopy shop, though. Failing to see visible faint lines is, of course, not good enough for artwork. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
