A good scanner for Ubuntu?

[Tommy Trussell]

On 10/14/06, albi <albi at scii.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:22:46 -0500
> Lorin Pino <ljpino at grm.net> wrote:
>
> > >   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.
>
> the canon Lide 25 is a cheap (60 euros) linux-compatible scanner, works
> out of the box on ubuntu dapper

Don't go by the brand or model name alone. I sought out and bought a
Canon LiDE 20 on eBay and it works fine. The LiDE 20 and 30 models are
very well supported.

BUT be VERY careful because some of the LiDE models are NOT supported
easily in linux. (The insides were made from different vendor's
parts.)

Check the chart at http://www.sane-project.org/ for any specific model
you're considering. If it says "unsupported," avoid it.