Hey David,
My "other" workplace has a Microtek E3, which is
a bit of an old scanner, but it works
brilliantly. Very solid, and good quality scans.
1. Work with linux
Yup. Listed on SANE's webpage, and I tried it a
while back when I put RedHat on a partition on
the machine at work, just for fun. The cries
of "Oh my gosh! What is this?" were amazing...
2. at least 600x600 optical resolution
..300x600 for this one - however, unless you're
doing full page colour images - printed
professionally - you won't need much more. I've
had great luck with this model when it comes to
good high-quality scans, greyscale and full
colour. It's noticable if a) you're picky (which
I am), and b) if the output is going to a top-q
printer.
3. SCSI prefered
Absolutely!
4. Cheap (preferably under $300)
Last look, it was a touch over, but I'm sure you
could find one cheaper. These things are over-
qualified for the soho market they're aiming for,
and thus a bit more expensive.
You're not going to find a very good SCSI scanner
uner $300... in fact, I'd say there's no such
thing as a good scanner under $300. I "aquired"
one at Christmas, a USB AGFA ("So you don't have
to have SCSI!" - says my Dad...) - terrible
little thing. Luckily I can take it back. But to
where? HARVEY NORMAN? Who stocks all the cheap
junk at twice the price?
That's the
one...
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