The note about the Microtek ScanMaker 5800 on http://www.sane-project.org/unsupported/microtek-scanmaker-5800.html
seems clear enough. But has the "unsupported" status changed? A search of the mailing list archive with keywords "Microtek 5800" didn't turn up any results. I'm interested in the status of the ScanMaker 5800 support after I read through the list of scanners in "libsane.db" of Debian's sane version 1.0.16-4 (unstable). Is the file really a list of "USB Vendor/Product IDs for scanners supported by SANE" or just a list of scanners that hotplug recognizes? $ grep Microtek /etc/sane.d/hotplug/libsane.db # Visioneer|Microtek Scanport 3000 # Microtek|ScanMaker 5600 # Microtek|ScanMaker 6700 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3800 # Microtek|ScanMaker 4800 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3830 + 3840 # Microtek|ScanMaker 5900 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3600 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3700 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3600 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3700 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3750 # Microtek|ScanMaker 3600 I'm looking for preferably Taiwanese branded scanners (since those are the only types available in our locale) with a USB 2.0 interface (not just USB 2.0-compatible). My immediate options are Microtek, Plustek (OpticSlim models) and Genius. Any recommendations would also be appreciated.
