> >I'm searching for a scanner with usb interface which is completely > >supported by sane and which is still available in the market for not more > >than 150$. Any recommendations? > >After browsing through the list of sane supported models and comparing > >them to those which are available from local dealers and internet shops in > >germany it seems that scanners are either supported by sane or available > >from dealers but not both. But I'm sure that I missed something... > > If I were you I would buy a used scanner via ebay. > Epson probably.
That's probably a good advice for private use, but I need a model which I can recommend to my employer's purchase department to be sure that new scanners are linux compatible. "get it from ebay" is a nogo in this environment. ;-) But this seems to be a problem... Thanks nevertheless! Regards Christoph
