On 06/01/05, Jens Gulden wrote: > Philip J. Hollenback wrote: > > This scanner is destined to replace a fax machine and so must have > > and automatic document feeder capable of holding 50 sheets. It > > also needs to work with a linux system > > My private scanner and printer is a Brother MFC 3420C > (http://www.brother.com/europe/fax/info/mfc3420c/mfc3420c_ove.html). It > is a scan/print/copy/fax combination, which I bought mainly for ADF > scanning, but now use for printing, too. It was much cheaper than a > scanner-only device with additional ADF support (about 150 > EUR). According to my experiences it's about 50 pages that you can > feed in per batch, a web-page at Brother I found says 20 pages, but > I'm quite sure it's more with 'normal' paper... maybe it's possible > to try it out in a shop. > > The Linux support is GREAT. Brother offers both SANE-drivers and > lpr-drivers (for printing) by themselves > (http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/sane_drivers.html, > http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/lpr_drivers.html), > and both installed and work without problems. > > Unlike most other cheap scan/print/copy/fax devices, it can scan > both via ADF and via flatbed, many such devices have ADF only. The > disadvantage of this is that it's quite a big box. (Looks like a > photocopier washed too hot, like 50% of the size of a 'real' > photocopier.) > > If the images you are going to scan are fax-like quality, and not > art-paintings (as your mail suggests), this may be useful to you. If > you don't need an optional flatbed, maybe another device of that > company is suitable - I think their Linux support is worth to take a > look at. > > Hope this is helpful, > Jens
Thanks for the info, certainly Brother seems to have strong Linux support. However, I am a bit concerned by the reviews on the Amazon page for this printer: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CA162/102-0416636-9700117?v=glance because they seem to be incredibly negative. Do you think that's just a case of a few people compalining loudly? P. -- Philip J. Hollenback Telemetry Investments [email protected]
