Flatbed scanners for FreeBSD

[Warren Block]

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