Scanner for 4.8

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003, Dave Bradshaw wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Can anyone recommend a scanner that works well on 4.8.

I just went through this last week on a Linux machine,  First check the
SANE site for supported scanners:

	http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html

We ended up with an Epson Perfection 1660 which worked fine once I figured
out how to specify color in xsane.  This wasn't the Latest & Greatest from
Epson, and we had to buy the floor sample from CompUSA since the current
1670 wasn't listed.

I first tried a new HP scanner figuring that most of the HP scanners were
supported by one driver, and I've been using one of their SCSI/USB scanners
with automatic document feeder for a couple of years.  Unfortunately SANE
didn't recognize it, and HP's support was less than helpful to the point I
won't consider using them in the future.

My experience with scanners and CUPS printing leads me to believe that
Epson inkjets and scanners are probably the best supported by the open
source software.

Bill
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