On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Dwight Hubbard wrote: > I would love to find something like this although it would be really nice > if it supported bluetooth so there aren't cables everywhere... (although I > don't know if Sane supports bluetooth scanners)
Dwight, My research on the Sane Web site gave me some insight. I was hoping folks here could provide more current information since I don't know how frequently the devices list is updated. The one portable scaner I indentified so far is the Fujitsu SnapScan S300. It's supported "good" on the Sane page; perhaps by now it warrants "complete" status. But, it looks good enough for scanning documents and the occasional color photograph. The selling price is about $245; Amazon seems to be the lowest. It uses USB 2.0 and apparently a fast host helps. This scanner has several lauditory reviews, including one on a Web site for portable tools for lawyers. Unless I learn about another scanner I'll see if I can get client approval to buy this. There's a reported "4 foot high stack of documents" at a state agency that I'll need to review. I won't need copies of everything (whew!), but there will be quite a few pages I'd rather scan than copy on paper and scan back in the office. On the cable issue, I'll have only the notebook's power cord and, perhaps, a small, external, USB mouse attached so one more USB cable won't matter to me. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
