I have an Avision FB6080 at home. I can confirm that the Avision FB6080 works with Ubuntu.
The only problem I know is that this device is not recognized as a scanner, so you have to use it as root or modify the HAL config file. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/378401 It seems to be fixed now in upstream... but currently I'm still impacted (with 10.04) Emmanuel Le mar 24/08/10 16:35, "Jutta Zalud" ju at netzwerklabor.at a ?crit: > I found this information in the list-archive: > > >> > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 19:38:58 Felix E. Klee wrote: > > At Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:52:55 +0100, > > Jens Gulden wrote: > > > - BUT: it scans right to one edge. Plustek > claims to even have> > patented this "invention"... > > > ... > Avision bookedge A3 scanner. The A4 version unfortunatly is not support > (it's CPU-less and thus requires an 2nd avision, avision-cpuless, > backend. I have the "SPECs", but not yet the time to write it ... > > But the A3 devices are great :-) > > http://www.google.com/search?&q=Avision+FB6000Ehttp://www.google.com/search?&q=Avision+FB6080E > Yours, > > -- > Ren? Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin > http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | > http://rene.rebe.name+49 (0)30 / 255 897 45 > > << > > As I am planning to buy a bookedge scanner (either Avision or > Plustek, probably A3 format, if I can afford it) I have some questions > regarding sane-support for the devices: > > a) These scanners have (with Windows drivers and software) a > special feature for copying books: as you have to turn the book to copy > the left and right sides with the spine near the edge of the scanner, > the software automatically turns every other page around. Is this also > supported by Sane? > > b) In the archives I also found a remark that somebody was working on a > driver for the Plustek OpticBook 3600. Are there any news about this > project? > > c) Is there any chance that somebody would be working on a driver for > the Plustek A300? > > d) Apart from Linux support - are there any pros and cons regarding the > two scanners: Avision FB6080E and Plustek OpticBook A300? Features are > similar, the A300 is much faster than the FB6080E and a bit more > expensive, but apart from that? > > http://www.plustek.com/product/A300.asphttp://www.plustek.de/web/product/A300.php > http://www.avision.com.tw/motion.asp?siteid=100407&lgid=2&menui > d=10075&prodid=121182&cat=13http://www.avision.com.tw/motion.asp?siteid=100407&lgid=3&menui > d=10075&prodid=121182&cat=13 > > > Thank you in advance! > > Regards, > Jutta > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.orghttp://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-develUnsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >
