Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 20 Nov 2021, Michael Barnes wrote: I'd appreciate comments on a scanner that works with current Linux systems. Michael, Did you see this page? Rich

Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-20 Thread Russell Senior
... on Ubuntu 20.04 On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 8:18 PM Russell Senior wrote: > > lsusb calls mine: > > Bus 001 Device 015: ID 04b8:012c Seiko Epson Corp. GT-X900 > [Perfection V700/V750 Photo] > > It worked out of the box, iirc. Possibly needed to add myself to a > group for permissions purposes.

Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-20 Thread Russell Senior
lsusb calls mine: Bus 001 Device 015: ID 04b8:012c Seiko Epson Corp. GT-X900 [Perfection V700/V750 Photo] It worked out of the box, iirc. Possibly needed to add myself to a group for permissions purposes. On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 5:27 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:11 P

Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-20 Thread Michael Barnes
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:11 PM Russell Senior wrote: > I have the same scanner, since 2008, still works good, can do very high > resolution, although it is tedious for large numbers of scans. I echo the > remark about the negatives. Color prints are horrible as archival > documents. Black and wh

Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-19 Thread Russell Senior
I have the same scanner, since 2008, still works good, can do very high resolution, although it is tedious for large numbers of scans. I echo the remark about the negatives. Color prints are horrible as archival documents. Black and white prints can be okay. On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 19:59 Bill Barry

Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-19 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 9:33 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > I have a large number of old photos I would like to scan into files. I'm > looking for an inexpensive scanner for this that will work with Linux. I > don't need anything with a feeder, just a plain flatbed will probably get > the job done. >

[PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-19 Thread Michael Barnes
I have a large number of old photos I would like to scan into files. I'm looking for an inexpensive scanner for this that will work with Linux. I don't need anything with a feeder, just a plain flatbed will probably get the job done. Thanks for your suggestions. Michael