I have used sane without problems on consumer-grade scanners. But now I am about to purchase a relatively expensive scanner.
I am trying to avoid relying on software external to the Debian distribution in my decision about scanners. The i2000 series is not mentioned on the sane supported list. I could find no comment on user experience with the kodak supplied backend. kodak does refer to the sane project, but one must download and install their driver. Can anyone here comment on the risk of relying on kodak's sane driver for the i2000 series? (The model I am interested in particular is the i2800.) If I do decide on the i2800, is the project interested in getting a test report on the (I assume kodak's) sane backend? Is there something I don't understand here?
