Scanner recommendations (and usb ports)

[Kurt Wall]

Consuming 3.0K bytes, Leon A. Goldstein blathered:
> Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:17:38 -0600 Alan Jackson  wrote:
> >
> > > Well I'm in the market for a new scanner, so I'm seeking suggestions.
> > >
> > > This is for home use, mostly for photos & such. I'd like 600 dpi, don't
> > > expect to need better than that. And of course it needs to run under Sane.
> > > Might want to do slides as well.
> > >
> >
> > I've had good results with epson 1660 photo, both on linux and windows.
> >
> >
> I'll second the Epson 1660 recommendation.  These are being sold at
> discounted prices now.   The Epson 2400 and 3200 are also good Linux
> scanners.

Ayup - just ordered one from Epson. $69. That's almost throw-away
price. <oldfart_mode>I remember thinking not too long ago that $500
wasn't to bad for a scanner.</oldfart_mode>

> The "photo" models have a built in backlight, and xsane will turn it on
> when you select transparency source.

Kewl.

> I would also recommend against the new Epson XX70 series scanners.  They
> are not compatible with Linux (at least for now.)
> I have a short how-to posted on the Libranet support solutions data base
> 
> http://www.libranet.com/support/view.cgi?version=2.8&item=epsonscan.html

Good information at the SANE site, too. Epson appears to play nicely
with the open source community, which earns 'em my business.

Kurt
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