[1]http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
That's not news to you, but the best I can do (for scanners). As for Linux colour printers, there's non-free SW, here - [2]http://www.turboprint.info/printers.html Sorry, best I can do on short notice. Sustain (trying to return favours to the list members) PS: Is the latest version of Ubuntu working better? On Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:23 PM, "Hendrik Boom" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 References 1. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html 2. http://www.turboprint.info/printers.html -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class
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