A good scanner for Ubuntu?
Lorin Pino
ljpino at grm.net
Sat Oct 14 13:22:46 UTC 2006
Lee McLain wrote:
> *SIGH* Lemme try this again, but this time, I will make sure that I
> change the subject line to something more appropriate. Here's my
> question again:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I know that this isn't really a Ubuntu specific question, but it's
> one I
> would like to ask the Ubuntu community because of the quality of answers
> that I see every day.
>
> I am in need of a simple scanner. I does not have to be a high res
> photo
> scanner or have an auto feed feature.
> If I can find one in the sub-$100 category, that would be great. I
> could
> go higher, but it has to be less than $200. And, of course, I need it
> to be
> fully(or as close as possible) Linux compatible.
> I have been looking around on the respecitve sites,(SANE, etc.) and it
> seems that most of the fully compatible scanners are older models that are
> no longer in production. I would like the scanner to be current and not
> second hand.
>
> I look forward to what you all have to say!
>
> Thanks,
> Lee
>
Have you checked here?
http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php/cat/199
The scanners usually have reviews with any issues that had to be solved.
Did you check the wiki?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners?highlight=%28scanner%29
Good luck
~Lorin
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