On Thursday 26 Dec 2002 9:51 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > No, I have never heard of iscan, does it come from the epsom website ? > John > > Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > >Did you try iscan from epson? It uses all the scanner capabilities, lot > > better for most epson scanners than xsane > > > >El Jueves, 26 de Diciembre de 2002 13:46, John Richard Smith escribi�: > >>Santa was very generaous. > >> > >>An EPSOM PERFECTION 2400 PHOTO > >> > >>I never found anything in linux work initially so easy. > >>I just plugged it in the usb2 port powered it up > >>went to MCC - hardwarte scanner- leftmouse clicked , > >>it asked for cd1 , I gave it it, it said thank you, I > >>smiled inwardly, It even gave me a kstartmenu entry, > >>and away it went. > >> > >>So far I've had a go at grey scale and colour in normal > >>scan docment mode(as against photo/transparency) > >>and it worked. I have yet to make the fine adjustments > >>but all looks very encouraging. > >> > >>I also notice the Steppa motor is 24v, as against most > >>of the cheapie scanners being 12v I hope that makes > >>for greater reliability. > >> > >>I'm always cautious to praise too loudly, somehow it > >>seems like tempting fate, but all the thanks goes to > >>those sane project people for their sterling efforts, > >>and, I for one, am profoundly greatful. > >> > >>I just thought I would share this with you.It is always > >>heartening when something works withou a lot of > >>fuss and bother in linux. > >> > >>John
John - iscan was necessary to run my Perfection 1650 under 8.2 - from Epson's website - but I think I'm right to say that iscan is the driver included on the 9.0 distro, so you don't need to do anything more. Anne
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