Which USB Scanners work?

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/09/2010 01:31, FarSight Data Systems wrote:
> I'm looking to replace my old HP ScanJet 6300c scanner. It's giving me 
> problems.
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> So, I've tried the Canon CanoScan 8800F and it doesn't work (and I've 
> tried) with Linux and Canon doesn't support Linux (currently using 
> Linux Mint 7 on desktop and lapton and Kubuntu 10.04 on netbook) might 
> be upgrading to Kubuntu 10.04 all around.
>
>
> So, what scanners work with the above distros? My parameters:
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> Company should support Linux (an exception can be made for a definite 
> working flatbed scanner that's inexpensive)
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> Price at or under $150
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> USB 2.0
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> Can scan at minimum of 600 DPI (higher would be better)
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> Can anyone help me with choosing a scanner with the above parameters?
>
>
> Mark

Don't have to go further than the Epson V300 Photo.

Have one myself.

Works beautifully.

You can either use it with the SANE driver but preferably use the Linux 
driver provided by Epson itself.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&sku=B11B193081

BC




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