I have old 2008, still pretty expensive Fujitsu fi-6130. It works under Linux, but I scan under winXP in VM - it is just much better experience and functionality, despite it age.
Some modern scanners and MFCs output PDF and save them to SMB/CIFS share or USB stick. Those do not need drivers of any kind. Kind of like PDF printers these days. -T On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 17:52 Bruce Kilpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/22/20 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, King Beowulf wrote: > > > >> The only printer/scanner company that I know of that explicitly supports > >> Linux is HP. > > > > Ed, > > > > I believe that Epson also explicitly supports linux. > > > >> The list contains several Scanjet models that work with HPLIP. > > > > I'll look at these. > > > >> Or opt for one if the multifunction printers: buy a scanner and get a > >> printer for free! > > > > I already have two printers: the LJ5 and the Dell/Xerox color laser. > Don't > > need another one. And space is limited here so size matters. What's a bit > > frustrating is that Canon provides the scangearmp2 software for linux as > > well as windows and macos. > > > > Thanks for the information, > > > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Rich, > > I have an Epson All-IN-One and the setup isn't clearly explained. Took > some time to get it all working in Kubuntu > > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
