Hi. Thanks for your reply.
> > I'd like to get advice on the EPSON Perfection 3490. > > The SANE scanner search engine knows: > http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=epson&model=3490&bus=any > Sorry. I used an old bookmark: http://sane.alioth.debian.org/sane-mfgs.html where the scanner doesn't appear. Hence my questions. > > Usually a scanner is either supported by one of the backends so there > is no choice at all. > By "choice", I meant I'd rather choose a scanner which uses the "epson" backend, because it provides complete functionality. Am I right in this? [I.e. are there some "quality" differences between the EPSON hardwares which use one or the other backend?] > Also have a look at the archive of this mailing list for recent > discussions about this scanner. > I wanted to but... I also overlooked the link to the search engine? Sorry, again. :-/ Best regards, Gilles
