Re: Flatbed scanners for FreeBSD
On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:48:46 pm Roland Smith wrote: On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 03:15:22PM -0600, Andrew Falanga wrote: Hi everybody, What scanners are best used with FreeBSD? I'm hoping for one that I can use in both Windoze and FreeBSD. Preferably, one that is USB. I've never configured a scanner for FreeBSD before and would like recommendations on hardware before purchasing. Look at the website for the SANE (acanner access now easy) project. If it is listed there, it will probably work; http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#SCANNERS I've had good experiences with Epson scanners, but mine is several years old, and you can't buy them anymore. If you have a specific model in mind, google for it's name in combination with SANE, to see if it comes up on the SANE mailing list. E.g. they've gotten the cheap Epson Perfection V10 working recently; http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2006-November/017993.ht ml Also keep in mind that SANE can use libusb for scanner access even if said scanner is not supported by FreeBSD's uscanner. I have an Epson CX4800 scanner/printer/cardreader. If I don't have ulpt or umass in the kernel, the scanner works fine via libusb. I assume for a standalone scanner the multifunction strangeness wouldn't be an issue. JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flatbed scanners for FreeBSD
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Andrew Falanga wrote: What scanners are best used with FreeBSD? I'm hoping for one that I can use in both Windoze and FreeBSD. Preferably, one that is USB. I've never configured a scanner for FreeBSD before and would like recommendations on hardware before purchasing. The best supported are those recognized by uscanner. 'man uscanner' or look at /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/uscanner.c to see the list. Also look at http://www.sane-project.org to see which are the easiest to use (status Good or Complete, no firmware downloads needed). Really, picking a scanner is tough. Finding ones that are supported is tricky enough. Finding one that isn't terribly slow is worse, since the manufacturers often don't provide benchmarks. I have an Epson 1640SU which works great. Recommended, if you can find one. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flatbed scanners for FreeBSD
On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 03:15:22PM -0600, Andrew Falanga wrote: Hi everybody, What scanners are best used with FreeBSD? I'm hoping for one that I can use in both Windoze and FreeBSD. Preferably, one that is USB. I've never configured a scanner for FreeBSD before and would like recommendations on hardware before purchasing. Look at the website for the SANE (acanner access now easy) project. If it is listed there, it will probably work; http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#SCANNERS I've had good experiences with Epson scanners, but mine is several years old, and you can't buy them anymore. If you have a specific model in mind, google for it's name in combination with SANE, to see if it comes up on the SANE mailing list. E.g. they've gotten the cheap Epson Perfection V10 working recently; http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2006-November/017993.html Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpBCYMIyICKy.pgp Description: PGP signature
