FreeBSD scanners

[Marc Wiz]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:52:54PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:01:07AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > 
> > Interesting.  I've just had a very bad experience with Canon's
> > scanners.  See
> > http://wwww.lemis.com/grog/product-reviews/Canon-breakage.html for the
> > whole sad story.
> >
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm not surprised.  Since USB is the scanners "standard"
> interface, I noted more and more "bad" scanners: bad/weak GUI
> (for example the GUI coming with some EPSON Perfection scanners is the
> worst I ever used), bad performance, cheap/buggy hardware.
> 
> The Canon LIDE 30 is not the best scanner available around, but it's
> just a "decent" scanner for 69 Euros... and is supported by SANE.
> 
> I also own an old Agfa SnapScan 600 SCSI, and it's another world.

So let me ask this question; what are good scanners now days?

I know there are some high end scanners that do Firewire (about
~$400) and some scanners even have SCSI.   Any recommendations
and/or horror stories for a particular scanner for use on FreeBSD?

Anyone have experience with that HP scanner that is "clear".

Thanks,
Marc
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Marc Wiz
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