Recommendation for a scanner?

Peter Flynn peter at silmaril.ie
Sun Dec 13 23:25:59 UTC 2020


On 13/12/2020 15:33, Volker Wysk wrote:
[...]
> I've found the "HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 Wide", which actually is available for
> purchase. The "Wide" seems to signify that it can print in DIN A3 format,
> whereas yours is a DIN A4 (or legal(?)) printer (?).

Yes, mine prints A3 as well as A4, but not double-sided: that only works 
on A4. And the scanner is SRA4.

> It's cheap. Only 184 € at Amazon.
> 
> It says that Linux is a "compatible system". But it isn't mentioned in the
> SANE devices list. So I assume it comes with a proprietary driver?

I installed hplip and it prints fine. XSane works too (this is under 
Mint 19) and I don't think I had to do anything to the xsane config, it 
just searched for scanners and found it.

Peter




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