On Thursday 22 November 2007, Lenz Grimmer wrote: >> Does anybody have a recommendation for a flatbed scanner, connected via >> USB2 that works flawlessly with Linux (openSUSE 10.3 in particular) and >> is still on sale (especially in Europe/Germany)?
On 22/11/07 21:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Almost anything from HP will be supported, except their very cheapest models > which cut a few corners. They're the gold standard for manufacturer based > printer & scanner support under linux. > Epson reportedly also has fairly good support. John, My experience has been bad with HP scanners under Linux actually. I've had HP scanners for many years. Under the Xsane.org project, most were badly supported, or not at all. I changed to Epson scanners about 2 years ago, and all worked very wall so far with the avasys.jp drivers. Now OpenSUSE also has them as native according to Johannes Meixner form SUSE in Germany. HP printers also kind of worked for lasers, but their ink was expensive. I now have an Epson ColourLaser C1100, which works perfectly; and it is cheaper to buy and the toner is cheaper and lasts much longer than HP's. HP software has caused me a lot of problems for some printers, most scanners and especially the all-in-one products that had to be installed incessantly for USB devices, all under windows 2000 and XP. Support for most scanners and all-in-one products were practically non-existent for Linux until recently. Now an all-in-one package exists for Linux, but I don't know how good it is. I have learnt to stay clear from HP, due to bad windows software, very bad Linux support and prices for consumables after getting the printers almost given away to lock you in for their comparatively very expensive inks and toner. :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
