Re: Scanners
Thanks for the replies! I just parted with the princely sum of NIS 312 for a Canon Lide 25. Oh, well if it doesn't shape up, I can always put it on my wife's Windonkey. There are a couple of other similar supported cheapies like these: Genius 1200XE - NIS 243 Genius HR7 - NIS 389 Plustek 1200 - NIS 289 I suspect that the main differences are in quality of the electro mechanical components and scanning speed. Daniel Feiglin wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. I find that hard to believe. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. Regards, Daniel begin:vcard fn:Daniel Feiglin n:Feiglin;Daniel email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:972 9 8616204 tel;fax:972 9 8621052 tel;cell:927 52 3869986 version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: Scanners
El lun, 19-03-2007 a las 09:22 +0200, Daniel Feiglin escribió: There are a couple of other similar supported cheapies like these: Genius 1200XE - NIS 243 Genius HR7 - NIS 389 Be careful! There were a lot of concerns regarding Genius scanners at the Ubuntu forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1227071#poststop I remember to be asked to sign a petition to Genius regarding their scanners a month or so ago. Check out the SANE list before buying nothing! When the developers say¨ good¨ support usually it means not complete. http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=geniusmodel=bus=anyv=p= However the Genius HR7 seems to be well supported. Julian Plustek 1200 - NIS 289 I suspect that the main differences are in quality of the electro mechanical components and scanning speed. Daniel Feiglin wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. I find that hard to believe. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. Regards, Daniel -- Julian Daich [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Daniel Feiglin wrote: I just parted with the princely sum of NIS 312 for a Canon Lide 25. Oh, well if it doesn't shape up, I can always put it on my wife's Windonkey. There are a couple of other similar supported cheapies like these: Genius 1200XE - NIS 243 Genius HR7 - NIS 389 Plustek 1200 - NIS 289 I suspect that the main differences are in quality of the electro mechanical components and scanning speed. More likely in the glue that holds the type label to the case imho. Notice that for the price of the Genius you can buy a HP all-in-one. (almost). Imho selling a no-name scanner for as much money as a name all-in-one is genius marketing. Thus the name is correct. I don't know about the rest. Also why aren't brand names like 'Dork' (vs. 'Genius') and 'Minustek' (vs 'Plustek') more popular. They certainly attract attention. Peter -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Listar -- -- Type: TEXT/X-VCARD -- File: dilogsys.vcf = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
On 19/03/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: about the rest. Also why aren't brand names like 'Dork' (vs. 'Genius') and 'Minustek' (vs 'Plustek') more popular. They certainly attract attention. Who said they aren't? What about Bug for a place to buy software or a defunct virus computer shop network? --Amos
Re: Scanners
I did two checks: I checked the Sane site for each item. I only paid attention to scanners with good or complete support, of which there were many. My problem was, which of them (within my nominated price/performance range) are available locally and from where. (Not many!) Your remark about the Genius problem was interesting, since the Sane list neither indicated difficulties, nor did it have a link to somewhere else for the models in question. As I pointed out earlier, I'm taking a punt on a Canon Lide 25 at NIS 312 (a tank of petrol?) which won't send me into bankruptcy. Julian Daich wrote: El lun, 19-03-2007 a las 09:22 +0200, Daniel Feiglin escribió: There are a couple of other similar supported cheapies like these: Genius 1200XE - NIS 243 Genius HR7 - NIS 389 Be careful! There were a lot of concerns regarding Genius scanners at the Ubuntu forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1227071#poststop I remember to be asked to sign a petition to Genius regarding their scanners a month or so ago. Check out the SANE list before buying nothing! When the developers say¨ good¨ support usually it means not complete. http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=geniusmodel=bus=anyv=p= However the Genius HR7 seems to be well supported. Julian Plustek 1200 - NIS 289 I suspect that the main differences are in quality of the electro mechanical components and scanning speed. Daniel Feiglin wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. I find that hard to believe. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. Regards, Daniel begin:vcard fn:Daniel Feiglin n:Feiglin;Daniel email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:972 9 8616204 tel;fax:972 9 8621052 tel;cell:927 52 3869986 version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: Scanners
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Amos Shapira wrote: On 19/03/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: about the rest. Also why aren't brand names like 'Dork' (vs. 'Genius') and 'Minustek' (vs 'Plustek') more popular. They certainly attract attention. Who said they aren't? What about Bug for a place to buy software or a defunct virus computer shop network? You are right ... but both are (were) Israeli companies. The local sense of humour (and 'wholesomeness') is ... different from the norm elsewhere. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
Imho, buy an all-in-one machine from HP etc. It all works great under Linux with cups hpijs and sane. The price is about $100. You get everything in one box (even a copier). Mine is a HP-1315 and I paid even less than $100 at Office Depot at the time (with rebate + it was a gift but that's beyond the point). Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 14:12 +0200, Daniel Feiglin wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. From my experience, any simple USB scanner would do. I'm using a cheap Cannon LiD device (U1200 or something) which I bought for about 400 NIS a few years back - it should be about 300 NIS now, and I'm very happy with it. -- Oded ::.. Celine: If word got around that I had been liberated for half a million dollars, I could never show my face in polite society again. Diamonds have no value except that which is placed upon them. -- from 'A life less ordinary' = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
On Sunday 18 March 2007, Daniel Feiglin wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. I find that hard to believe. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I have a Canon CanoScan Lide 20 which has been working very well with my Mandriva system and XSane. CanoScan Lide 25 which is probably a similar model is available from http://www.plonter.com/ for 319 NIS and has a SANE driver. Regards, Shlomi Fish I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. Regards, Daniel -- - Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage:http://www.shlomifish.org/ Chuck Norris wrote a complete Perl 6 implementation in a day but then destroyed all evidence with his bare hands, so no one will know his secrets. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
I've been using a Mustek 1200 UB for several years with no problems. Resolution is less than you specify (I think 600X1200), but for faxing and document scanning, it's more than enough. Even for OCR, I don't use the highest resolution. It sells for about 250 Shekels. NOTE that there is a similar model (Mustek 1200 UB Plus) that is also supposed to be supported by Linux (I haven't tried it), but I understand it's NOT as good (despite what looks like an improved version - plus). I do know that the plus version uses a different chip set, so it is a different beast. On Sunday 18 March 2007 20:26, Shlomi Fish wrote: On Sunday 18 March 2007, Daniel Feiglin wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. I find that hard to believe. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I have a Canon CanoScan Lide 20 which has been working very well with my Mandriva system and XSane. CanoScan Lide 25 which is probably a similar model is available from http://www.plonter.com/ for 319 NIS and has a SANE driver. Regards, Shlomi Fish I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. Regards, Daniel -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KDE 3.5.4) on LINUX Mandriva 2007 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanners
On 18/03/07, Daniel Feiglin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks! I am looking for a low end USB flatbed scanner = NIS 1000, mostly as a fax front end and for scanning documents. No fancy photography is required. An examination of the Sane site, http://www.sane-project.org/ as well as a look at the SUSE scanner installation list, crossed with what seems to be available in Israel e.g. http://www.zap.co.il/ yields about two Epson models (1260, 390) with good or complete functionality. I find that hard to believe. The sort of unit I have in mind should have resolution 1200x2400 or better, 48 bit color and A4 size. I would appreciate any other leads, URL's to Israeli suppliers. Regards, Daniel I see that somwone else recommended an HP all in one. We have an HP 42555 all in one that we bought from p1000 for about 800 NIS. THe p1000 site doesn't work so well with Firefox, so I can't really recommend the site, but the printer is great, the fax is great, and the scanner is great. The printer and scanner work fine on FC6 and Kubuntu, even better than they did under XP. With XP, installing the drivers properly is a pain and it installs a ton of crap. Under KDE it just works. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/ http://what-is-what.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
