Recommendation for a scanner?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, den 13.12.2020, 23:25 +0000 schrieb Peter Flynn:
> 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.

.. What do you mean with "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.

What's "hplip"? It doesn't occur (as a backend) in the SANE devices list. Is
it a SANE backend provided by HP?

Bye
Volker
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