Hi We changed over from crashintoshes 2 years ago now at our small photo studio. All the Epson scanners seem work out of the box with SuSE 8.0. (but not the supermarket ones: 1250 I think) I have a 1660 and an old 640 as well as a Umax Astra scsi. The Epsons are faster and better quality. Hope this helps. Steve.
On Sunday 01 September 2002 20:34, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:19:29AM -0600, Dwight Tovey wrote: > > For that reason I think that I > > will probably want a scanner with a USB interface to make it easier to > > move the scanner between systems when necessary. > > If I bouhght a new scanner now, I would also choose USB. > > > I do have an Adaptec 1542 SCSI card that I can install in the main > > R.H. system dedicate to the scanner. > > At least on newer systems, the old 1542 can cause lots of trouble. > > > From looking at the compatibility list, I have the feeling that the list > > is a little out of date (kind of hard to keep up with all the new stuff > > coming out all the time). > > Usually the list is up-to-date with the latest SANE version released. > Nobody can keep the manufacturers from producing new scanners monthly :-/ > > Here is the latest list: > http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/tmp/sane-mfgs.html That's the status of > the development version of SANE so you would have to compile sSANE yourself > if you want to use one of the scanners that wasn't supported in version > 1.0.8. > > > Will I have any luck if I get a new Epson or HP scanner even if it > > isn't listed? > > I can't speak for Epson or HP scanners, but generally you can't > predict that. Sometimes only the names are changed and the scanners > work out of the box. In other cases there was just a "Plus" added to > the name but the scanner is completely different and won't work. > > > Are there really any "new" features in these scanners? > > In my experience: no. The scanners get cheaper and smaller but nothing > else. But I'm using mostly Mustek scanners so my experience is > limited. > > > As I said, I'm completely new to scanners, so I would appreciate any > > advice that you all could give. > > It's always possible to write your own driver for your brand-new > unsupported scanner. SANE developers are always wanted :-) > > Bye, > Henning > _______________________________________________ > Sane-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mostang.com/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel
