>>>>> "Alex" == Alex <[email protected]> writes:
Alex> Hello Linux folkz, My old 7 y.o. HP scanner just gave the ghost, Alex> and I'm looking for a new one. Could somebody please recommend, Alex> based on the personal experience, which make or model of a Alex> modern flatbed scanner preferably with the document feeder and Alex> either USB or Network interface or both will work flawlessly Alex> with Linux. Alex> Most of the supporter scanners listed here Alex> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html are either severely Alex> outdated or no longer in production. And even those which have Alex> supported Status as "Complete" may not produce expected image Alex> quality. Alex> My old scanner ScanJet 6390C, which supported Status was Alex> "Complete", from the day one was always producing a pinkish Alex> vertical stripe along the left edge of the scanned image, which Alex> I had to crop to remove this annoyance. I was using XSANE as a Alex> front end interface for this scanner. May be you have had more Alex> pleasant experience with scanning in Linux. Alex> Thank you in advance for any hint or advise, I bought an Epson V700 flatbed scanner ($500) last fall. It needed a epkowa driver via an Epson iscan package to work on my Debian box, but it is working great for me. -- Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.'' [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
