Wildly inconsistent scanning speed Xubuntu 22.04 + HP OfficeJet 4654

[Jared Norris]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 at 02:23, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an HP OfficeJet 4654 All-in-One device I routinely use for
> scanning large documents.
>
> The sheet feeder jams regularly for no apparent reason - it's clean
> and the path is unobstructed.
>
> What's worse is that the speed of the scans is wildly inconsistent.
> Some pages zip right through, and others scan slowly in stages. The
> printout I'm scanning right now is all black and white, great
> contrast, and some pages take a few seconds, others more like a
> minute.
>
> It's out of warranty and free support, and Google can't handle a
> question like this well.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good, high-speed scanner, preferably all-in-one
> with color printouts for a reasonably low price?  This one was under
> $80 new (the ink refill was almost as much as a new printer), but for
> my next one I want a fast, more reliable scanner.
>
> I tend to like HPs because they tend to be highly Linux compatible,
> but at this point I'm less fond of them - this is the second OfficeJet
> that deteriorated in scanning speed this way.
>
> Suggestions welcome.
>
> Mark
>
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I've always had much better luck staying away from directly connected
devices (print/scan) and going with network hosted devices. I've had a
range of these over the years and never had many issues (HP, Brother, Fuji
Xerox) on any OS. Maybe I've just been lucky?

My current office device is a Fuji Xerox 315z and works really well across
all functions. I even have it set up that at the press of a button on the
scanner it scans a document and drops it into a folder on my linux box in
one of a half of dozen file types so I never even have to rely on scanning
software.

It's a colour laser so a little more expensive to buy, but as you never
have to worry about ink clogging heads it just lasts forever.

Regards,

Jared Norris
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